UNITING THE WORLD Davis UWC Scholars The 2017 Report of the Davis UWC Scholars Program “I’m trying to stimulate leaders of the future to make a difference through the grounding in education that I’m helping to give them. When I started my business career, I took my own history lesson from Princeton: I learned how leaders make a difference, in their countries, in their centuries. So I invested in leaders, and that investment helped me to be successful. …I’m looking to invest again in leaders of the future.”

SHELBY M.C. DAVIS Co-founder and Philanthropist

“We strive to build critical masses of globally minded young men and women on American campuses, to foster highly personal relationships between outstanding Americans and non-Americans, and to seed global networks. These networks can serve a higher calling of international understanding and common purpose among future leaders in all walks of life in our world.”

PHILIP O. GEIER Co-founder and Executive Director

On the cover: Davis UWC Scholars at the University of Oklahoma. UNITING THE WORLD

Davis United World College Scholars PROGRAM

2017 Annual Report

Private Philanthropy Supporting International Understanding through Education CONTENTS Presidents’ Perspectives College of the Atlantic ...... 62. . Northwestern University ...... 65 . . The Program Brown University ...... 66. . . Uniting the World Luther College ...... 69 . . . Duke University ...... 70. . Why the Davis United World College Bennington College...... 74 Scholars Program? ...... 5 Macalester College ...... 77 . . The Program by the Numbers Middlebury College ...... 78 Timeline of Program Growth ...... 8 Smith College...... 81 How the Program Works...... 8 Clark University...... 82 152 Home Countries — 2,697 Current Scholars . . . . . 10 Skidmore College ...... 85 Distribution of Scholars by World Region...... 11 St . Lawrence University...... 86 94 Partner Colleges and Universities...... 12 Pomona College ...... 89. . . Number of Scholars by Class Year...... 14 Wellesley College ...... 90. . . Winner of the 2016–17 Davis Cup...... 17 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...... 93 . The Davis Vision and Its Impact Oberlin College ...... 94 . . . Shelby Davis Gives His Own Thanks...... 19 University of Richmond...... 97 DUWC Scholars Win Schwarzman Scholarships . . . . . 23 University of Pennsylvania ...... 98. . . Colorado College ...... 101 . . Philanthropists Honor Roll ...... 24 Trinity College...... 102 Where the Scholars Come From...... 27 Ringling College of Art and Design ...... 105 . The UWC Schools...... 28 Williams College ...... 106 . . Sources of the Davis UWC Scholars...... 29 Colby College ...... 109 University of Florida ...... 110 . . Acknowledgements and Credits ...... 128 Lake Forest College...... 113 Agnes Scott College ...... 114 . . The Scholars University of Oklahoma ...... 117 The Class of 2017...... 30 Whitman College ...... 118 . . Scripps College ...... 121 Undergraduate Classes Class of 2018...... 60 Graduates in Action Class of 2019...... 83 To Broaden and Deepen Language Learning...... 33 Class of 2020...... 105 Accelerating Start-ups Around the World...... 41 Undergraduates in Action An Artist Shares the Energy of Creating...... 49 New Solutions for Swaziland Farmers ...... 36 A Rhodes Scholar Eyes Smarter Technology ...... 55 Exploring Impacts of Chinese Foreign Aid...... 44 An African-Styled Path to Success...... 59 A “Magic” Solution for African Bus Riders...... 52 Designing the Digital Experience...... 63 Working to Share the Power of Opportunity...... 64 Spotlighting the Decline of Coral Reefs ...... 68 A Syrian Speaks Up for Refugees ...... 75 Sharing Today’s Art and Music of Mexico...... 80 A Young Egyptian “Empowers and Inspires” ...... 84 Helping South Africans Stay on HIV Meds...... 91 Passing Along a Passion for Learning ...... 95 Inspiring Learners and Leaders in Africa...... 96 A Scholar Pursues Global Understanding ...... 100 Seeking the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s...... 107 Amplifying Global Voices in the Arts...... 111 Influencing Public Policy in Peru...... 112 Building on a Global Student Exchange...... 116 Building Waste Solutions in India ...... 119

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4 Uniting the World Why the Davis United World College Scholars Program? By Philip O. Geier, Ph.D., Executive Director

he 21st century has brought a changed and ever-changing global Tlandscape. Challenges, threats, and uncertainties haunt humanity; the pace is quickening, and there are no clear or easy solutions. Information is abundant and readily accessible, yet knowledge and true wisdom seem elusive. It is in this context that the Davis United World College (UWC) Scholars Program invests extensively, and with confidence, in the promise and future possibilities of selected scholars from around the world, and in their education at partner colleges and universities across the U.S. The Davis UWC Scholars Program was co-founded in 2000 by Shelby and Gale Davis and Amy and Phil Geier (shown here philanthropist Shelby M. C. Davis and international educator Philip right to left) together celebrating 20 years of collaboration and partnerships in philanthropy. O. Geier. It has grown since then to become the largest privately funded international scholarship program in the world for undergraduates. The program’s strategic objective is to advance international understanding through education. It is built on two assumptions:

»» that promising future leaders from a broad range of cultures should be afforded greater educational opportunities and enhanced global networking; and »» these educational opportunities should take place in a variety of U.S. colleges and universities, in the belief that, by becoming more diverse and globally engaged, these American schools will be more effective learning communities for all their students.

Davis United World College Scholars Program 5 The program provides grants to selected partner U.S. colleges and universities in support of need- based scholarships for American and foreign scholars. Students who are eligible for this support have gained admission on their own merit to these schools, having successfully completed their final two years of high school at a group of international schools called United World Colleges, which teach to the International Baccalaureate diploma. The growing UWC movement now has schools located in the United States, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Swaziland, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. Since their founding in 1962 at the height of the Cold War, these UWC schools have provided educational opportunities to outstanding students from over 175 countries, representing all regions of the world. UWC students are selected in their home countries by indigenous, voluntary committees charged to find the most promising teenagers eager to pursue their education and leadership and cross- cultural skills in a global context. Under the leadership of former UWC-USA president Phil Geier, the Davis UWC Scholars Program now supports the education of almost 2,700 UWC graduates on 94 American campuses. Headquartered at Middlebury College, the program partners with these colleges and universities to meet the financial needs of these promising scholars throughout their four-year undergraduate degree studies. The program has five principal goals:

»» provide scholarship support for exemplary and promising students, from a wide range of countries and cultures, who have absorbed the passion and mission of their UWC schools for building international understanding;

6 Uniting the World »» build meaningful clusters of these globally aware scholars within the undergraduate populations of selected partner colleges and universities across the U.S.; »» help transform the American undergraduate experience through international diversity and intercultural exchange — as much for the large majority of traditional American students as for the scholars; »» leverage the value of this philanthropic initiative — to the long-term benefit of all learners and their teachers — to contribute to strategic shifts in institutional thinking, and to bring greater resources to the effort; and »» contribute proactively to the well-being of our volatile, highly interdependent world by expecting our scholars and those with whom they interact to take personal responsibility for helping shape a better world.

The Davis UWC Scholars Program is at once practical and inspirational. It reflects the huge potential of private philanthropy to promote international understanding in dynamic, expanding ways, through educational institutions that share its strategic vision and are committed to building greater opportunities for global engagement for all their students. In essence, the program is about using philanthropic leadership to leverage additional support for transformative impact on individuals, institutions, and the wider world.

Davis United World College Scholars Program 7 Seventeen Years of Program Growth

5 Schools 43 Scholars 31 Countries 201 Scholars 586 Scholars 1,274 Scholars 2,306 Scholars

117 Scholars 309 Scholars 923 Scholars 1,720 Scholars

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

How This Works

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Since 1962, thousands of young people from 175 nations In 2000, the Davis United World College Scholars Program have been selected by committees in their home countries began providing scholarship grants to a pilot group of to complete their last two years of high school at one of American colleges and universities to support UWC 16 United World College schools . UWC schools are in graduates who matriculated at these schools . These pilot Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, China, Costa schools — Colby College, College of the Atlantic, Middlebury Rica, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, College, Princeton University, and Wellesley College — are Norway, Singapore, Swaziland, Thailand, the United graduating their 14th class of Davis United World College Kingdom, and the United States . The UWC movement Scholars in 2017 . Based on the success of building works to build multinational, cross-cultural communication clusters of globally minded scholars at these pilot schools, and understanding among all its students . Davis philanthropy chose to greatly expand the number of campuses and scholars in the program.

8 Uniting the World 94 Schools 7,686 Scholars 3,591 Scholars 4,853 Scholars 6,198 Scholars 152 Countries 2,962 Scholars 4,230 Scholars 5,508 Scholars 6,909 Scholars

2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013–14 2014-15 2015–16 2016-17

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This academic year, there are 94 U.S. colleges and With their education made possible through their own universities in partnership with the Davis United World merits and the help of the Davis United World College College Scholars Program . For partner schools, the Scholars Program and its partner schools, Davis UWC program provides annual grants in support of need-based Scholars will go on to play important, meaningful, often scholarships for each matriculated UWC graduate for up leadership roles in their communities, in their home to four years of undergraduate study . The total number countries, and in the world . And the partner schools of Davis UWC Scholars attending these schools has now will have become more globally engaged and more reached 2,697 from 152 countries . The 2017 graduating internationally diverse educational communities . class includes 633 students from 123 nations . To date, the program has supported 7,686 scholars .

Davis United World College Scholars Program 9 152 Home Countries — 2,697 Current Scholars Numbers indicate how many scholars are from that country

Afghanistan ...... 13 El Salvador ...... 12 Albania ...... 16 Eritrea ...... 2 Algeria ...... 7 Estonia ...... 2 Mauritania ...... 1 Angola ...... 11 Ethiopia ...... 24 Mauritius ...... 7 Argentina ...... 7 Finland ...... 16 Mexico ...... 30 Armenia ...... 23 France ...... 16 Moldova ...... 4 Aruba ...... 2 Germany ...... 20 Mongolia ...... 10 Australia ...... 10 Ghana ...... 13 Montenegro ...... 9 Austria ...... 11 Greece ...... 4 Morocco ...... 15 Bahamas ...... 9 Greenland ...... 3 Mozambique ...... 7 Bahrain ...... 2 Guatemala ...... 18 Myanmar ...... 13 Bangladesh ...... 25 Haiti ...... 8 Namibia ...... 13 Barbados ...... 15 Honduras ...... 4 Nepal ...... 28 Belarus ...... 13 Hong Kong ...... 37 Netherlands ...... 27 Belgium ...... 10 Hungary ...... 18 New Zealand ...... 4 Belize ...... 1 Iceland ...... 2 Nicaragua ...... 7 Bermuda ...... 4 India ...... 236 Nigeria ...... 35 Bhutan ...... 7 Indonesia ...... 26 Norway ...... 22 Bolivia ...... 7 Iran ...... 11 Pakistan ...... 16 Bosnia-Herzegovina . . . . 91 Iraq ...... 14 Palestine ...... 23 Botswana ...... 8 Ireland ...... 7 Panama ...... 7 Brazil ...... 15 Israel ...... 13 Paraguay ...... 6 Swaziland ...... 106 Bulgaria ...... 8 Italy ...... 27 Peru ...... 21 Sweden ...... 10 Burkina Faso ...... 2 Jamaica ...... 11 Philippines ...... 17 Switzerland ...... 4 Burundi ...... 10 Japan ...... 30 Poland ...... 17 Syria ...... 11 Cambodia ...... 23 Jordan ...... 9 Portugal ...... 13 Taiwan ...... 4 Cameroon ...... 7 Kazakhstan ...... 2 Romania ...... 7 Tajikistan ...... 5 Canada ...... 42 Kenya ...... 26 Russia ...... 26 Tanzania ...... 15 Cayman Islands ...... 2 Kosovo ...... 10 Rwanda ...... 10 Thailand ...... 18 Chile ...... 13 Laos ...... 5 Saint Kitts & Nevis ...... 1 Tibet ...... 7 China ...... 108 Latvia ...... 4 Saudi Arabia ...... 2 Timor-Leste ...... 14 Colombia ...... 11 Lebanon ...... 8 Senegal ...... 13 Trinidad & Tobago . . . . . 10 Congo ...... 6 Lesotho ...... 19 Serbia ...... 13 Turkey ...... 29 Costa Rica ...... 30 Libya ...... 5 Sierra Leone ...... 15 Uganda ...... 25 Cote D’Ivoire ...... 4 Lithuania ...... 6 Singapore ...... 52 Ukraine ...... 9 Croatia ...... 16 Luxembourg ...... 2 Slovakia ...... 11 United Kingdom . . . . . 48 Curacao ...... 1 Macedonia ...... 8 Slovenia ...... 1 Uruguay ...... 8 Czech Republic ...... 8 Madagascar ...... 6 Somalia ...... 3 USA ...... 230 Democratic Malawi ...... 15 South Africa ...... 32 Venezuela ...... 17 Republic of Congo ...... 1 Malaysia ...... 27 South Korea ...... 38 Vietnam ...... 25 Denmark ...... 13 Maldives ...... 13 South Sudan ...... 8 Western Sahara ...... 2 Dominican Republic . . . . . 3 Mali ...... 2 Spain ...... 29 Yemen ...... 10 Ecuador ...... 12 Malta ...... 1 Sri Lanka ...... 4 Zambia ...... 22 Egypt ...... 16 Marshall Islands ...... 1 Sudan ...... 9 Zimbabwe ...... 56

10 Uniting the World  indicates home countries of current Davis UWC Scholars

Distribution of Scholars North America, 279 Oceania, 15 by World Region 10% 1%

Middle East, 103 4% Africa, 578 21%

Latin America and Caribbean, 288 11%

Europe, 608 Asia, 826 23% 31%

Davis United World College Scholars Program 11 The Program’s Partner Colleges and Universities throughout the U.S.

1 Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 34 Harvard College, Cambridge, MA 65 St . John’s College, 2 Amherst College, Amherst, MA 35 Hood College, Frederick, MD Annapolis, MD & Santa Fe, NM 3 Bard College, 36  Johns Hopkins University, 66 St . Lawrence University, Canton, NY Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Baltimore, MD 67 St . Olaf College, Northfield, MN 4 Barnard College, New York, NY 37 Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI 68 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 5 Bates College, Lewiston, ME 38  Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 69 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 6 Bennington College, Bennington, VT 39 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 70 The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID 7  Boston Conservatory, MA 40  Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 71 Trinity College, Hartford, CT 8 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 41  Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 72 Tufts University, Medford, MA 9  Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 42  Luther College, Decorah, IA 73 Union College, Schenectady, NY 10  Brown University, Providence, RI 43 Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 74 University of California, Berkeley, CA 11 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 44 Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC 75 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 12  Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 45 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 76 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 13  Carleton College, Northfield, MN 46 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 University of Michigan, 14 Case Western Reserve University, Cambridge, MA Ann Arbor, MI Cleveland, OH 47  Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 78  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 15  Claremont McKenna College, 48 New York University, New York, NY Chapel Hill, NC Claremont, CA 49  Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 79  University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 16  Clark University, Worcester, MA 50 Notre Dame of Maryland University, 80  University of Pennsylvania, 17  Colby College, Waterville, ME Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA 18  Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 51 Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 81  University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 19  College of the Atlantic, 52 Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA Bar Harbor, ME 82 University of Rochester, 53 Pitzer College, Claremont, CA Rochester, NY 20 Colorado College, 54 Pomona College, Claremont, CA Colorado Springs, CO 83  University of Virginia, 55 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Charlottesville, VA 21  Columbia University, New York, NY 56 Randolph-Macon College, 84 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 22  Connecticut College, Ashland, VA New London, CT 85  Wartburg College, Waverly, IA 57 Reed College, Portland, OR 23 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 86  Washington and Lee University, 58 Ringling College of Art & Design, Lexington, VA 24  Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Sarasota, FL 87  Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 25 Davidson College, Davidson, NC Sarah Lawrence College, 59 88  Wesleyan University, 26 Denison University, Granville, OH Bronxville, NY Middletown, CT 27 Duke University, Durham, NC Savannah College of Art & Design,  60 89  Westminster College, Fulton, MO 28 Earlham College, Richmond, IN Savannah, GA 90  Wheaton College, Norton, MA 29 Emory University, Atlanta, GA 61 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 91 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 30 Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 62 Scripps College, Claremont, CA 92  Williams College, Williamstown, MA 31  Georgetown University, 63 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 93 Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Washington, DC Worcester, MA 32 Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 64 Smith College, Northampton, MA  94 Yale University, New Haven, CT 33 Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

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Davis United World College Scholars Program 13 U.S. Colleges: Scholars by Class Year*

U.S. College 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total U.S. College 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total

Agnes Scott College 1 2 1 3 7 Grinnell College 3 3 1 0 7

Amherst College 5 4 1 1 11 Harvard University 10 8 9 2 29

Bard College 0 3 2 1 6 Hood College 3 2 3 2 10

Barnard College 1 3 5 2 11 Johns Hopkins University 1 1 2 1 5

Bates College 4 3 6 4 17 Kalamazoo College 0 2 2 0 4

Bennington College 4 12 10 15 41 Kenyon College 5 2 2 4 13

Boston Conservatory 2 0 0 0 2 Lake Forest College 14 15 19 11 59

Bowdoin College 1 1 0 0 2 Lehigh University 1 2 2 3 8

Brandeis University 3 3 3 3 12 Lewis & Clark College 7 6 29 14 56

Brown University 35 36 28 29 128 Luther College 23 25 20 26 94

Bryn Mawr College 3 0 1 1 5 Macalester College 27 11 31 12 81

Bucknell University 3 3 1 2 9 Methodist University 21 23 32 51 127

Carleton College 3 0 1 3 7 Middlebury College 30 21 18 27 96

Case Western Reserve University 0 0 0 0 0 MIT 0 4 3 5 12

Claremont McKenna College 1 3 3 0 7 Mount Holyoke College 1 2 1 2 6

Clark University 0 1 2 2 5 New York University 12 16 25 20 73

Colby College 17 14 20 8 59 Northwestern University 6 13 12 18 49

Colgate University 0 1 1 0 2 Notre Dame of Maryland University 0 0 0 1 1

College of the Atlantic 13 13 18 17 61 Oberlin College 2 1 1 3 7

Colorado College 12 15 9 18 54 Occidental College 0 3 0 1 4

Columbia University 5 6 9 8 28 Pitzer College 3 2 5

Connecticut College 1 2 0 3 6 Pomona College 2 3 4 6 15

Cornell University 8 6 11 18 43 Princeton University 18 10 5 11 44

Dartmouth College 6 5 10 4 25 Randolph-Macon College 2 0 0 4 6

Davidson College 0 3 3 6 12 Reed College 3 1 0 2 6

Denison University 1 0 2 0 3 Ringling College of Art & Design 9 12 11 11 43

Duke University 9 10 10 11 40 Sarah Lawrence College 4 1 1 2 8

Earlham College 19 7 14 20 60 Savannah College of Art & Design 3 2 2 3 10

Emory University 0 0 0 0 0 School of the Art Insitute of Chicago 4 1 3 0 8

Franklin & Marshall College 0 0 2 1 3 Scripps College 1 1 1 1 4

Georgetown University 2 2 2 8 14 Skidmore College 5 10 7 15 37

Gettysburg College 1 4 4 2 11 Smith College 6 5 3 4 18

14 Uniting the World Davis UWC Scholars by Class Year*

U.S. College 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 7,686 St . John’s College 1 2 1 7 11

St . Lawrence University 15 16 18 14 63

St . Olaf College 15 20 14 22 71

Stanford University 5 6 12 8 31

Swarthmore College 1 4 4 3 12

The College of Idaho 15 10 6 18 49

Trinity College 4 2 1 2 9

Tufts University 8 3 4 4 19

Union College 1 1 1 0 3

University of California Berkeley 4 14 18

University of Chicago 9 6 8 3 26

University of Florida 35 35 23 35 128

University of Michigan 4 7 4 5 20

Univ . of North Carolina Chapel Hill 5 6 3 5 19

University of Oklahoma 42 51 37 56 186

University of Pennsylvania 4 9 6 6 25

University of Richmond 5 5 4 6 20

University of Rochester 2 7 12 33 54 NUMBER OF SCHOLARS University of Virginia 1 3 7 2 13 2,697 Vassar College 4 3 3 1 11

Wartburg College 22 21 14 24 81

Washington and Lee University 0 1 0 0 1

Wellesley College 11 7 14 15 47

Wesleyan University 2 2 0 3 7

Westminster College 18 12 26 2 58

Wheaton College 7 3 5 3 18

Whitman College 3 2 1 5 11 673 764 Williams College 6 8 4 6 24 633 627

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 0

Yale University 5 7 6 8 26 Class Class Class Class Current Cumulative of of of of Undergrad Total of Totals 633 627 673 764 2697 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total All Years

*As of 10/31/16

Davis United World College Scholars Program 15 16 Uniting the World Oklahoma Wins Davis Cup for Fourth Straight Year

he University of Oklahoma was awarded the prestigious Davis Cup Tlast fall for the fourth consecutive year, in recognition of its record- The Davis Cup setting enrollment of first-year Davis UWC Scholars. OU is the only public Awarded Annually for the Largest Entering Class of Scholars university in the nation that has ever been awarded the Davis Cup. This year’s first-year class includes 56 Davis UWC Scholars, a new OU record. Year Winner Runner-up 2016 University of Methodist University (51) “The University of Oklahoma is proud to host more Davis UWC Oklahoma (56) Scholars than any other U.S. university,” said OU President David L. Boren. 2015 University of Macalester (32) Oklahoma (36) Methodist University (32) “These exceptional students enrich the learning experience of all of our 2014 University of Brown (35) students.” Oklahoma (55) “When Phil Geier and I founded this program in 2000, we never 2013 University of Brown (33) Oklahoma (45) imagined a partner school would matriculate more than 50 scholars in any 2012 Brown (33) Luther (32) given year,” said philanthropist Shelby Davis. “We are absolutely blown 2011 Brown (41) Westminster (35) away by the University of Oklahoma’s outstanding results in recent years, 2010 Earlham (44) Methodist (37) and send our congratulations to President David Boren and his team for 2009 Middlebury (40) Earlham (37) 2008 Brown (35) Earlham (31) their unrivaled performance. We are excited that so many Davis UWC 2007 Dartmouth (35) Princeton (31) Scholars are benefiting from the wonderful environment of the University 2006 Westminster (28) Colby (21) of Oklahoma, and feel confident that their presence is bringing a meaningful 2005 Middlebury (36) Westminster (28) global perspective to their many American classmates.” 2004 Macalester (34) Princeton (27) Davis UWC Scwholars tend to be not only outstanding students, but 2003 Colby (27) Middlebury (25) exceptional members of the university community as well. Since 2008, 2002 Colby (26) Wellesley (16) 2001 Colby (26) Middlebury (18) when OU enrolled its first UWC scholars, these students have achieved 2000 Colby (13) Middlebury (9) recognition at OU as members of the President’s Leadership Class and as Outstanding Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. They have served in a variety of leadership roles, including as team leaders at the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth, as resident advisors, and as executive officers of the International Advisory Committee.

Davis United World College Scholars Program 17 18 Uniting the World Shelby Davis Gives His Own Thanks

t is time to say “thank you” to some people who supported our work Iright from the start, and encouraged us along the way. First, thanks to Phil and Amy Geier, who invited me to visit UWC- USA in Montezuma, New Mexico back when Phil was its president, as he was for 12 years. Phil and Amy introduced me to the UWC movement, and I guess the rest is history. Phil is now my partner and co-founder of the Davis UWC Scholars Program. Second, thanks to Ron Leibowitz and his predecessor John McCardell, both former presidents of Middlebury College who were big early supporters. They helped us get the ball rolling, and it is still rolling Transformational philanthropists Gale and Shelby Davis with new president Laurie Patton. On the Middlebury campus, thanks also to Mike and Jane Schoenfeld, who for the last two decades have been cheerleaders for UWC students. These people were all early believers in UWC students, and they quickly made a believer out of me. Early in the Davis UWC Scholars Program, Middlebury offered us office space and support for our program headquarters. Soon after, we were fortunate to convince Jane Schoenfeld to coordinate our program, a position she held until her retirement at the end of 2016. Then Middlebury helped us publish our annual yearbook, locating a writer, a graphic designer, photographers, printers, and mailing experts. We now send out thousands of copies of this report to our partner institutions around the U.S., for their students, admissions officers, and boards of trustees. We also send the report to all the UWC schools. Each year, all our graduating seniors can have their color photographs in this book — and getting these photos, from more than 630 seniors at 94 campuses, is a job in itself. For that and much more, we owe thanks to Jane and to her successor, Lisa Viau.

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Davis United World College Scholars Program 19 Finally, Middlebury helped us set up and keep up to date our DUWCS Program website. On it, you will find all the statistics on the program, as well as videos and articles about graduates and students making news today. We could not live without it. I can truly say Middlebury led the way. Our campus liaison at Middlebury, Mike Schoenfeld, would always say that he loved the stories he heard from students on his trips to far-flung UWC campuses. I also heard this from the head of admissions at Princeton. Once, Mike even invited the chairman of his college’s board on his annual scouting trip to UWCs. They all said that “seeing is believing,” and after visiting a few UWCs with Phil, I got the message — and I keep getting it from every UWC school and partner-college campus that I visit. I must say, I’ve had the same thrill building and growing the Davis UWC Scholars Program that I had building our investment-management business in New York. The only difference is that, during my working years, the money was rolling in; now, as our student numbers grow, the money is rolling out. I admit that sometimes it is stressful, but I guess the bottom line is that I like growth. Just think about it: having almost 2,700 scholars at 94 partner colleges

20 Uniting the World and universities, plus almost 5,000 alumni scholars, probably makes our extended Davis family the world’s biggest family. Just thinking about this can make my day. We know that having Davis UWC Scholars on all these campuses helps Americans broaden their knowledge about other countries, cultures, and customs. We know about our scholars’ energy and enthusiasm; they have both empathy and motivation, and they have an extraordinary global awareness. They all really want to make the world work as their UWC worked — spreading tolerance and respect for differences as we all strive to get along as human beings on this planet. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, was a great friend of the UWC; his kids were educated at Waterford Kamhlaba UWC in Swaziland. He gave this advice: “Do a little bit of good wherever you are. It’s those little bits of good put together that will overwhelm the world, and make you a better person too.” He is now in his mid-80s, and when we met him a few years ago he was surrounded by a large group of adoring students wanting to touch his hand. He loves young people! He tells them, “Just call me Arch.” John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church in England more than 200 years ago, put the same thought this way: “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” The words of these famous men are worth taking to heart. That’s what I am trying to do, and I hope you will too. UWC has trained us all to think and live this way. My best to all of you.

Davis United World College Scholars Program 21 22 Uniting the World DUWC Scholars Win Schwarzman Scholarships

he second class of Schwarzman Scholars — who will spend next year living and studying T for a master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing — includes students from 30 nations, among them three current or former Davis UWC Scholars. The scholarship program was founded and initially funded by Stephen A. Schwarzman, CEO and co-founder of the Blackstone Group, a U.S.-based private equity and financial- services corporation. Schwarzman contributed $100 million to create the program, and is leading a campaign to raise $350 million more from private sources. Selected through a rigorous process, the 2017–18 Schwarzman Scholars — including Naina Qayyum (Pakistan, Red Cross Nordic UWC, Middlebury ’15), Kevin Wong (Canada, Pearson UWC, Princeton ’17), and Paula Martinez Gutierrez (Mexico, Li Po Chun UWC, Brown ’17) — will hear guest lectures by distinguished figures from private and public life while they explore China, build language skills, and take courses in public policy, economics and business, or international studies. “I want to use philosophy to change lives, and the Schwarzman offers unmatched training and context,” writes Kevin. “Nowhere are both the opportunities and challenges of policy and ethics more salient than in today’s China.” “I am going to study public policy, to prepare myself to push for alternate drug policies at an international level,” writes Paula. “I’d like to establish an international platform for cooperation that focuses on creating and implementing harm reduction programs across nations.” “I feel very humbled and grateful to have this amazing opportunity,” Naina writes. “I was very excited to know I would be embarking on a remarkable journey of learning, leadership, and meeting some amazing current and future leaders from around the world.”

Davis United World College Scholars Program 23 PHILANTHROPISTS HONOR ROLL

he Davis UWC Scholars Program combines the transformational philanthropy of the TDavis family with donations from many others to our partner colleges and universities. Given this financial partnership, we are pleased to recognize their generous support for today’s scholars and tomorrow’s leaders. Each partner school was invited to submit the names of those they would like listed in this report along with the Davises. This effort at donor recognition only scratches the surface of the many who give to their alma maters in support of the financial aid awarded to our scholars. We are grateful to those who are contributing to their schools in this way, and look forward to the continuing growth of this honor roll in the years ahead. This recognition is arranged by partner school with the information they provided. It captures the growing number of philanthropists captivated by the value of supporting our scholars — and theirs — by investing at their chosen college or university. Some have given to annual funds, indicating their interest in the Davis UWC Scholars Program. Others have given larger amounts ($10,000 or more) toward their alma mater’s portion of a scholar’s total financial- aid package and have been assigned scholars, sharing naming opportunities with the Davises. A few have given major endowments in support of international scholarships assigned to Davis UWC Scholars and share naming opportunities with the Davises each year. At the heart of the Davis UWC Scholars Program is “giving back,” a trait we strive to see manifested over time in our scholars as they make their way in the world.

24 Uniting the World Amherst College Lisa Raiola 1984 Student Research Fund Colorado College Frances Chia Fellowship Fund UTRA Endeavor Foundation Scott H . Nagle ’85 Fund for Summer Andrea V . Rosenthal ’88 Internship Fund Fellowships in Asian Art and Culture Salame Family Endowed Scholarship Dartmouth College Salame Goldman Sachs International Brown Charles and Judith Friedlaender Bates College Annual Fund Scholarship The George and Dorothy Healy International Eleanor Haley Schwartz 1929 Scholarship Earlham College Scholarship Fund Nico Brooks (EC’91) and Polly Dawkins The Richard L . and Marjorie Walther Keach President Ruth J . Simmons Brown Annual (EC’87) ’44/’46 Scholarship Fund Scholarship Jerry (EC’63) and Jannie Dusseau (EC’65) Sandee Ting Simshauser ’84 P’18 and Peter Bennington College Simshauser P’18 Brown Annual Fund Georgetown University The Kamal Shaikh ’02 Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Bridge of the Americas Endowed Scholarship The Loet and Edith Velmans Scholarship Matthew I . Sirovich ’87 and Meredith A . Elson Fund ’91 Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Georgetown Foundation of Spain Brown University Starak Family Foundation Brown Annual Fund Goei Family Endowed Scholarship Archimedia Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Scholarship Sarah McFlynn (C’04) Endowed Scholarship Ibn Batuta Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Sunrise Scholarship Fund The Abbasgholi Bayat Brown International Tin Ka Ping Scholarship of the Tin Ka Ping Santa Maria Endowed Scholarship Fund Organization (BRIO) Endowed Scholarship Education Fund Bendit Family Endowed Financial Aid Fund Travers Family International Scholarship Fund Hood College Michelle Bernard ’93 and Mustafa Zaidi ’90 Zabludowicz Family Brown Annual Fund Endowed Center for Global Studies Endowed Scholarship Scholarship International Student Activities Support Brown International Organization (BRIO) Scholarship I Bucknell University Kalamazoo College Anne Peirce Brown Scholarship Michael M . and Lillian Amber Fremont Van Dalson Scholarship Fund James J . Burke Jr . Presidential Scholarship Scholarship International Student Fund Class of 1914 Shaw Loo Memorial Scholarship Kenyon College Scholarship Barrett K . Sides Empowerment Scholarship Doug Fleming ’70 Class of 1990 Scholarship U Kyaw Win and Gandasari A Win Scholarship Myles ’13 and Michael P’13 Coleman Lake Forest University International Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Carleton College William G . Brown Thomas Crosby Jr . Scholarship C .V . Starr Endowed Fund Nancy Donovan Jan P . Davis ’83 and Charles M . Davis ’82 Kellogg Scholarships Grace Groner Foundation Brown Annual Fund Scholarship 3 George International Fellowships France and Andre Desmarais PRC Student Underbrink Fund for Global Initiatives Lehigh University Scholarship Lee Iacocca International Internship Program Oliver du Pont 1992 BIYAC Scholarship College of the Atlantic Paul and Karen Levey International Sidney E . Frank Endowed Scholarship Fund Mukthar Amin Scholarship Mark R . Franklin ’79 Scholarship Fund Janoah Bailin ’14 Lynn Boulger and Tim Garrity Lewis & Clark College Leonilda Gervasi 1922 Scholarship John V . Baumler Memorial Scholarship Darron Collins ’92 and Karen Collins Haarmann Family Scholarship Francis W . and Jessie L . Brodie Memorial M . Piper Dumont Walter Hansgen Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Mr . and Mrs . William Foulke Mason C . and Prescott W . Hill Scholarship William A . and Effie S . Brushoff International Hong Kong Scholarship Amy and Phil Geier Student Scholarship International Brown Annual Fund Young Diane Gordon The Greg Caldwell Scholarship Leaders Group Scholarship Diana Kombe Romeo Dallaire Scholarship International Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Alice Levey The Mary Dimond Scholarship Joukowsky Family International Scholarship Sandra Merrick Darren Drabek Karl Kahane Brown Annual Fund Scholarship Maryrose Mulert Edward S . Geier ’79 Sally Martin Katz ’13 Financial Aid Fund Ruby Nelson ’13 Irene W .D . Hecht Annual Scholarship Fund Kedar Family Financial Aid Fund Shoshana Perry International Student Scholarship Mara E . Kern Scholarship Fund Jason Rich The Esther & Edward Lee Scholarship Madam Lee Woo Shui Fund Scholarship Nancy Stevick Grace Spacht Memorial Scholarship Henry and Sally Leung Scholarship Jeremy Strater Jacqueline and Jerome Leung Scholarship Oliver Waldman Luther College Pacifica Ycaza Chancellor’s Scholarship Hua Wang Gardner & Florence Call Cowles Scholarship Sanjay Passi International Brown Annual Fund John Wass Laura M . & Martin K . Elstad Scholarship Scholarship Natalia Zamboni Vergara continued on next page

Davis United World College Scholars Program 25 Philanthropists Honor Roll continued

Daryl & Audrey Erdman Prize for Margaret Smith ’48 Scholarship John Marshall International Center for the Entrepreneurship Mende Yangden ’16 Study of Statesmanship Malcolm & Maybelle Estrem Scholarship for Zankel Family Scholarship Joseph Edwin Trader Fund for International Entrepreneurial Studies Students Hemp Family Prize for Orchestra Performance The College of Idaho Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Paul G . & Hazel H . Hoel Scholarship in Bitner Vineyards Language Exchange Program Mathematics and Science Ron and Mary Bitner Jean Gray Wright Scholarship Herbert J . Rebassoo Scholarship College of Idaho Campus Ministries Rudolf-Whitters Accounting Scholarship Adan De La Paz University of Virginia Karl, Lillian & Henrietta Torgerson Scholarship Mary Fraser The Class of 1987 Scholarship Dr . Meriam H . Trytten Scholarship Idaho Community Foundation G . Bernard Hamilton Martha Taylor Macalester College Eloise Van Slyke Vassar College Kofi Annan Scholarship Wells Fargo Foundation The Shirley Oakes Butler Scholarship Fund Yahya Armajani Scholarship Larry and Marianne Williams Foundation The Martha Jarnagin Evans Scholarship Fund Edwin S . Elwell — Middle East Scholarship Lane Williams The Lucille Renneckar Glass Fund Estudiar con Esperanza Scholarship John Zamora The President’s Advisory Council Scholarship Nels & John Fahlgren Scholarship Fund for International Students Allen Moore Scholarship Tufts University C V. . Starr Scholarship The Oliver Chapman Fund Wartburg College James Tripp Endowed Scholarship Chief Alatunde Ayinla Nikky Abudu Nigerian Marie Wunderlich Scholarship Union College Scholarship Alan Lascher Endowed Scholarship Donna Becker International Student Edowed Middlebury College Scholarship Said L . Al-Nashashibi ’05 University of Florida Dr . Benjamin D . and Dr . Samantha C . Larimer Karyn L . Zieve and Joel M . Cohen ’84, P’15 P’19 Dr . Margaret Early’s United World College Bousquet Ann Einsiedler Crumb ’71 and Richard N . Scholarship Diers-Hafermann Endowed Scholarship Crumb ’69 Kimberly K . Folkers Rick ’68 and Martie Fritz P’95, ’97, ’00 University of Michigan Dr . Kent T . and Earlene Hawley Amy Y . Geier and Philip O . Geier P’06 Cliff Siegel Prof . Herbert W . and Delores D . Hildebrandt Erika H . Lederman ’86 and John Kremer ’85 Kasandra L . Kahler University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Ashley F . Logan and G . Willis Logan Jr . ’00 Wayne and Ann D . Koester H . Allen Gant Scholarship Sara L . Martus and Stephen D . Martus ’86, P’19 Dr . J . Keith and Kathy L . McClung Dr . David A . and Janet J . McCullough Oliphant Enterprises University of Oklahoma Michael ’73 and Jane Schoenfeld Erna Moehl Endowed Scholarship for Jim and JoAnn Holden International Students Tana Sterrett Scott ’65 Kenneth Long Sujatha Menon Zafar ’94 and Kashif Zafar ’92 Mary L . Mortensen Sooner Heritage Scholarships David G . Prentice and Dr . Deborah L . Loers Northwestern University University of Richmond Philip E . and Ann Ruppe Daniel J . and Jane L . Shafland Peter Alexander Scholarship in Journalism Waldo M . Abbot Fund for International Brian d’Arcy Scholarship in Theater, Radio, TV Internships John and Agnes Stirler Scholarship and Film American Library Association Grant Dr . Mark F . Trax and Dr . Ann Henninger Friends of Study Abroad Scholarship Fund Christopher S . and Erin J . Tripolino Ringling College of Art and Design Ada Moss Harlow and William Maupin Harlow Dr . Roy M . and Mary A . Ventullo Bert and Eleanor Schweigaard-Olsen Scholarship Dr . Edward A . and Jill L . Westen Stan and Merry Williams International Business Studies Department Drs . Roland K . and Sharon A . Yoshida Barbara B . and Warren T . Zemke African Skidmore College International Education Discretionary Fund International Students Support Fund Student Endowed Scholarship Class of 1957 Endowed Scholarship Italian Department Amy ’74 and Phil Geier Wellesley College Japanese Language Program Yahia Imam ’11 MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Jessica A . Morten ’08 Scholarship Discretionary Fund Mitsi Tokioka Nishimura ’53 Endowed Williams College Latin American and Iberian Studies Scholarship Phil ’70 and Amy Geier Discretionary Fund Ferances McDonald Poinsard ’37 Memorial Scholars Latino Initiative Scholarship

26 Uniting the World Where the Scholars Come From

he global community of United World College schools, or UWCs, includes 16 institutions on five continents. All offer the TInternational Baccalaureate diploma, a high-quality secondary-school credential. UWC schools, colleges, and programs deliver a challenging and transformational educational experience to a diverse cross section of students, inspiring them to fulfill the UWC mission: to make education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.

UWC in Mostar Red Cross (2006) Nordic UWC (1995)

UWC Maastricht UWC of (2009) the Atlantic (1962)

UWC Robert Bosch College (2014) UWC of the Adriatic (1982) Lester B. Pearson UWC of the Pacific (1974) UWC Changshu China (2015)

UWC–USA Li Po Chun UWC (1982) UWC of (1992) Mahindra Thailand UWC of India (2017) UWC of UWC (1997) Costa Rica Dilijan (2006) (2014) UWC of South East Asia (1971)

Waterford Kamhlaba UWC (1981)

Davis United World College Scholars Program 27 The UWC Schools

Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong, , founded in 1982 UWC Adriatic founded in 1992, emphasizes the near Trieste, was the first UWC outside Chinese traditions of proper conduct, the English-speaking world . The school’s practical wisdom, appropriate social buildings and residences are spread relationships, and respect for academic throughout the Italian-Slovene village of learning . Li Po Chun has developed Duino . All students study Italian, and strong links with various parts of the country, especially for participate in a social-service program service activities . with the local community . UWC Maastricht was founded in , the first UWC, UWC Atlantic College 2009 in the Netherlands through the was founded in 1962 in the 12th-century merger of two international schools . It is St . Donat’s Castle on the south Wales the third UWC school that educates coastline . The college places a strong younger students, along with teaching focus on community service with a wide the IB diploma . range of opportunities open to students . UWC Mahindra College, founded in , near the capital UWC Costa Rica 1997, is in a rural area of the western San Jose, is UWC’s only bilingual Ghats near Pune . The school has school, teaching the IB in English and dedicated much of its land to a Spanish . It became a UWC in 2006, biodiversity park and conservation and its approach is built on peace, reserve, which is a study resource for all environment, and multiculturalism . local schools and colleges . Mahindra also supports local schools with its educational program, Akshara, and community- opened in UWC Changshu China service projects . 2015 and offers a two-year IB diploma program as well as a one-year pre-IB UWC in Mostar, founded in 2006, is preparatory program . Changshu is the first UWC with the explicit aim of located in Yangtze Delta, in the contributing to the reconstruction of a Suzhou metropolitan area . The vision postconflict society, in this case Bosnia & of the first campus in mainland China Herzegovina . A diversity of students from is to become a sustainable village dedicated to the fostering the country, the region, and abroad live, of peace and international understanding . study, and volunteer together in the community, offering the host nation a working example of integrated education . UWC Dilijan opened in 2014, with generous funding from the RVVF Pearson College UWC was founded Foundation . The campus is set on 88 in 1974 on Vancouver Island in British acres of land backing onto a beautiful Columbia, Canada . The floating marine- national park . The educational sciences center contains a well- program is diverse and engages with equipped seafront environmental- both the expansive setting and the systems lab, and students conduct local community . The college builds upon the movement’s research above and below water at nearby Race Rocks, an legacy of engaging with postconflict zones to create dialogue ecological reserve managed by the college . and a peaceful future .

28 Uniting the World UWC–USA was founded in 1982 on the UWC Red Cross Nordic opened in site of historic Montezuma Castle near 1995 on Flekkefjord in western Norway . Las Vegas, New Mexico . Programs Both regional and Red Cross traditions emphasize community engagement, are reflected in the school’s emphasis wilderness experience, service, and on Nordic studies and humanitarian and Southwest studies . Students also study environmental concerns . Cooperation intercultural communication and with the Red Cross creates service mediation through the Constructive Engagement of Conflict (CEC) opportunities in areas such as first aid, lifesaving, youth training, and global-issues programs . and humanitarian action . Waterford Kamhlaba UWC became UWC Robert Bosch College a UWC in 1981 and educates students opened in 2014 in Germany . Built ages 11–18 . Just outside Mbabane, the thanks to the generosity of the Robert capital of Swaziland, the UWC is a pan- Bosch Foundation, the campus is a African institution with a global outlook . former Carthusian monastery in Students and staff are committed to Freiburg . Recognized as a “green city,” understanding and addressing the it’s suited to the college’s emphasis on complex challenges facing Africa and the rest of the world . environmental sustainability and how technology can be used and developed to build a peaceful and sustainable future .

UWC South East Asia, founded in 1971, is the largest UWC school, with about 5,389 students ages 4–18 at two campuses in Singapore at full capacity . The school’s global-concerns program introduces concepts in leadership and organization, and all students are encouraged to develop their own initiatives along with doing Sources of the Davis UWC Scholars community service . UWC Thailand is situated in northern Phuket, Thailand . Representing 65 different nationalities, it is a truly international community dedicated to the mission of making education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for

peace and a sustainable future . Students seek to realize their highest human potential, cultivate genuine happiness, and take mindful and compassionate action .

Davis United World College Scholars Program 29 THE CLASS OF 2017

The following pages list the members of the Davis United World College Scholars class of 2017. The listing is alphabetical and includes the scholar’s home country (or countries), the UWC school they attended, their college or university, and their major field(s) of study.

30 Uniting the World Alaa Abdelfattah Arif Ahmadi Farah Alalami Egypt Afghanistan Jordan Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC Middlebury College Wartburg College Colby College Economics Engineering Science/ Government Leadership

Bachir Abeid Fathimath Ahmed Soukaina Alami Idrissi Algeria Maldives Morocco UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica Brown University Bates College St. Lawrence University Mechanical Engineering Anthropology Business in the Liberal Arts/ THE CLASS OF 2017 Computer Science

Esther (Ronke) Abodunrin Hamzah Ahmed Farah AlHaddad Nigeria Canada Syria Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Earlham College Amherst College Macalester College Economics/ Economics/Political Science Political Science International Studies

Miguel Abrao Da Silva Mayeesha Ahmed Raya Alher Timor-Leste Bangladesh Iraq UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Methodist University Earlham College Methodist University Health-Care Administration Biochemistry Accounting

Nana Yaa Adu Omolola Akingba Emina Alibegovic Ghana Nigeria Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar University of Florida St. Lawrence University University of Oklahoma Building Construction Business in the Liberal Arts/ International Studies International Economics

Amanuel Afework Abd-Alrahman Al-Asaad Mutez Alnaas Ethiopia Palestine Libya Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht UWC Maastricht Middlebury College Skidmore College Macalester College Computer Science Economics Economics

Jhader Aguad Omar Al-Khanbashi Beatriz Alvarenga Peru Yemen Brazil UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht UWC Costa Rica Macalester College University of Oklahoma University of Florida International Studies/ Industrial & Systems Psychology Political Science Engineering Class of 2017 Nurul Azma Ahmad Tarmizi Nashwa Al-Sharki Jenish Amatya Indonesia Yemen Nepal UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA University of Florida Smith College Wheaton College Food Science & Human Portuguese-Brazilian Studies/ Economics Nutrition Sociology

Davis United World College Scholars Program 31 Hashem Amireh Lynette Ashaba Hyde Bangui Ongagna Jordan Uganda Congo UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA University of Florida University of Methodist University Family Youth & Pennsylvania Environmental & Community Science Political Science Occupational Management Naufal Amjad Nabeeh Asim Yazan Barhoush Maldives Maldives Palestine Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic Westminster College Connecticut College Union College Political Science Economics/ Computer Engineering International Relations

Christian Anangono Shaked Atia Rolando Barry Laso Ecuador Israel Spain UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College Ringling College of Georgetown University Ringling College of Art and Design Science,Technology & Art and Design Fine Arts International Affairs Film

Ilya Andrushchenko Scovia Aweko Joaquin Basile Patron Russia Uganda Uruguay UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Florida UWC Lake Forest College Building Construction Westminster College Theater/Communication International Business/ Political Science Ahmed Arafat Fabiana Ayala Hopp Alessandro Battaglia Palestine USA Italy UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic The College of Idaho University of Richmond Luther College Computer Science/ International Business/ Classical Studies/History Mathematics Chinese Studies

Madeley Arriola Quentin F.V. Becheau Chioma Azih Gierrero France Nigeria Nicaragua Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Red Cross Nordic Princeton University UWC University of Florida Woodrow Wilson School Methodist University Civil Engineering Financial Economics/ Political Science Darius Aruho Maja Søndergaard Michael Ball Uganda Bendtsen USA UWC-USA Denmark UWC-USA University of Oklahoma UWC Adriatic University of Florida Chemical Engineering Macalester College Criminal Justice Religious Studies/ Studio Art

32 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION To Broaden and Deepen Language Learning Growing up in a Brazilian family that had many international friends, João Cipolla Baltazar (UWC Adriatic, Amherst ’16) has been interested since elementary school in other cultures — and by the time of his Amherst graduation, he spoke five languages . He was quickly snapped up by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, a close neighbor of the college, where he’s now a postbaccalaureate specialist for innovative language learning . “I’m part of a committee that reviews proposals submitted by faculty members at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst to develop projects that aim to have more students learning languages and at greater depth,” João writes . “I also work as a conversation partner assistant at the Five College Center, where João Cipolla Baltazar students from the five colleges can learn more than 40 less-commonly taught languages .” Funded by the Andrew W . Mellon Foundation, the center engages conversation partners who are native speakers . João does various duties for that part of the program, and he works with language faculty at the five colleges to organize language pedagogy seminars every semester . “Now that I’m here,” he adds, “I really want to learn all these languages! I work with people from Turkey, Kenya, Iran, Romania . It’s nice having an international atmosphere .”

Jaya Bhojwani Simona Blanarikova Lykkefry Bonde Netherlands Slovakia Denmark UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba St. Olaf College University of Florida UWC Psychology Elementary Education Colorado College Philosophy

Niccolo Bigagli Christine Blandhol Sameen Boparai Italy Norway USA UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Bates College Brown University Pomona College Mathematics/Physics Applied Mathematics/ Psychology Economics

Joshua Biggs Pavel Blinov Jacob Borg South Africa Russia Malta UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic Oberlin College University of Florida St. Olaf College Musical Composition Finance Dance/Management Studies Class of 2017

Thomas Blackwood Laszlo Bogdan Aisha Borno USA Hungary Norway UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic Stanford University Ringling College of Wellesley College Mechanical Engineering Art and Design Art History Graphic Design

Davis United World College Scholars Program 33 Renate Braathen Christian G. A. Wai Cheung Chan Norway Campbell Hong Kong UWC Adriatic Sierra Leone UWC Maastricht College of the Atlantic Waterford Kamhlaba Amherst College Human Ecology UWC Chemistry/ English Wartburg College Economics Tanya Brathwaite Vanessa Chilunda Olivia Campbell Barbados Tanzania USA UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Maastricht University of Florida UWC Harvard College Advertising St. Lawrence University Social Studies Biochemistry & Statistics

Chinyere Brown Alisa Carmichael Sayorn Chin Jamaica Serbia Cambodia UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Brandeis University Randolph-Macon Colorado College Sociology/Afro-African Mathematical Economics American Studies College Art History/Studio Art

Eugene Choe Ximena Carranza Risco Sylvia Brown South Korea Peru USA UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica Williams College Brown University Brown University Computer Science Environmental Science Applied Mathematics/ Statistics Economics Margaret Christ Ximena Buller Ugur Caner Cengiz USA Machado Turkey UWC Atlantic College Peru UWC Mahindra College Swarthmore College Waterford Kamhlaba Lake Forest College Economics/History UWC Mathematics/Physics Colorado College Sociology Toni Cerkez Liza Chudaykina Alexis Caballero Croatia Russia Bahamas UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College UWC Maastricht Lake Forest College Wartburg College University of Florida Sociology & Anthropology/ Business Administration/ Psychology International Relations Economics

Daniel Chung Sergio Cahueque Rutendo Chabikwa Zimbabwe USA Guatemala UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC Pearson College UWC St. Lawrence University Oberlin College College of the Atlantic Politics Human Ecology Global Studies/ International Economics- French

34 Uniting the World Dong Wook Chung Paula-Kay Cousins Kristi Deetjen South Korea Jamaica Germany UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC Maastricht Princeton University Grinnell College Lake Forest College Computer Science Economics/Global Economics Development Studies

Tiffany Chung Karim Creary Ian Delabie Canada Bermuda Belgium Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Wellesley College St. Lawrence University Middlebury College International Relations/ International Economics & Physics/Political Science Political Science Spanish

Naweeya Chutiraka Milena Crnogorcevic Kivilcim Arda Delibas Thailand Montenegro Turkey UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar University of Florida Middlebury College Wartburg College Computer Engineering Mathematics/Physics International Relations/ History

Javier Alejandro Luz Cuello Pagnone Claudia Della Pona Cifuentes Garzaro Argentina Italy Guatemala UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia St. Olaf College Randolph-Macon University of Richmond Biology College Finance/Accounting Psychology

Colleen Cilwick Dani Da Costa Roberto Delle Neve USA Argentina Venezuela UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica Macalester College Wartburg College Princeton University Theater & Dance Psychology/Sociology Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Amilcar Cipriano Gautier Dagan Tessa Devreese Mozambique France Belgium Waterford Kamhlaba UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica UWC Northwestern University Cornell University University of Computer Science/ Biological Engineering Pennsylvania Economics Mechanical Engineering Damir Cobo Vedrana Damjanovic Ibrahima Dieye Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina Senegal UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Bennington College University of Florida Macalester College Drama Public Relations Applied Mathematics & Statistics/Economics Class of 2017 Margaret Cody Grecia De La O Abarca Yacine Diouf USA Mexico Senegal UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Amherst College Middlebury College Macalester College Political Science Economics Biology

Davis United World College Scholars Program 35 UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION New Solutions for Swaziland Farmers

Climate change has hit Bantu Mabaso’s homeland hard . Traditional farming communities in Swaziland’s Lowveld have been so drought stricken that their way of life is imperiled; 66 percent of the nation’s rural population now relies on food aid from the World Food Program, according to a 2016 All Africa report . Bantu (Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Bates ’18) is already doing something about that . Last summer she carried out a Davis Project for Peace that built a learning center for new farming practices in Phalala, an isolated Lowveld community that has long depended on Bantu Mabaso rainfall for its maize crops . She built the initiative into the Phalala Community Empowerment for Food Security, which last fall and winter was raising money through the crowdfunding site youcaring .com to install a solar-powered water pump in the community . “We intend to expand into other rural communities that face similar challenges,” Bantu says . “I would like to continue to be involved in achieving food security in Swaziland by empowering farmers to increase their yields in nutrient-rich food, decrease ecological footprint from farming activities, and alleviate poverty by creating new jobs and long-term economic growth .” A Clinton Global Initiative commitment-maker and one of 100 delegates chosen to attend the 2016 Brightest Young Minds Summit in Johannesburg, Bantu is just as engaged on the Bates campus . She’s president of the Africana Club, director of the college’s annual Inside Africa Fashion and Cultural Showcase, a fellow of the Office of Intercultural Education, and community liaison for the Bates Caribbean Students Association . “My UWC experience has shown me that bringing people together to take effective action and generate solutions can be a powerful, effective resource for change,” Bantu says . “With these in place, there is no limit to what can be achieved .”

Nicole Djounbo Takam Tenzin Dolker Chase Doremus Cameroon India USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA University of Oklahoma Westminster College Reed College Industrial & Systems Chemistry Linguistics Engineering

Sibongakonke Dlamini Iva Domljan Elisabeth Dos Remidios South Africa Bosnia-Herzegovina De Sousa UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Timor-Leste College of the Atlantic University of Florida UWC Atlantic College Human Ecology Economics Methodist University Biology

Wenzile Dludlu Jason Dong Ana Dougherty Swaziland New Zealand United Kingdom Waterford Kamhlaba UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC Harvard College University of North Methodist University Statistics Carolina at Chapel Hill Accounting/Marketing Economics/Global Studies

36 Uniting the World Patrick Drown Fidel Esquivel Estay Jade Forsberg USA Chile Barbados UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Maastricht Georgetown University University of Florida Middlebury College Culture & Politics Aerospace Engineering Neuroscience

Bach Duong Belmira Etiambulo Dagmara Karolina Vietnam Angola Franczak UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Poland University of Oklahoma Luther College UWC Costa Rica Aerospace Engineering Economics Macalester College International Studies/ Russian Studies Elizaveta Dyatko Kyle Evans Hannah Freedman Belarus United Kingdom USA Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC-USA St. Lawrence University UWC Tufts University Government The College of Idaho American Studies/ Political Science Computer Science

Haris Eminovic Amirah Fadhlina Na Fu Bosnia-Herzegovina Indonesia China UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC St. Olaf College Earlham College Earlham College German/Political Science Human Development/ Business & Nonprofit Social Relations Management/Psychology

Shanna Engelhardt Jordy Farrier Mora Maho Fujita France Costa Rica Japan UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Duke University Methodist University Bucknell University French Financial Economics Economics/International Relations

Nina Escrivá Fernandez Loic Feghali Risa Fujitake Netherlands Lebanon Japan UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Macalester College The College of Idaho Colby College Latin American Studies/ International Political Global Studies/Music Urban Studies Economy

Ida Esmaeili Sebastian Fica Shana Gallagher Sweden Contreras USA UWC South East Asia Chile UWC Atlantic College Boston Conservatory UWC South East Asia Tufts University Musical Theater Middlebury College Biology/Environmental Chemistry Studies Class of 2017 Khalid Esmail Nare Filiposyan Nkhosiyentile Gama Canada Armenia Swaziland Pearson College UWC UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC Columbia University Bennington College University of Oklahoma Comparative Literature & Society Architecture/Philosophy Economics

Davis United World College Scholars Program 37 Anesu Gamanya Devansh Gupta Ahmed Azyan Hameed Zimbabwe India Maldives UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Grinnell College Princeton University University of Oklahoma Economics Electrical Engineering Economics

Anna Gams Navisha Gupta Jasper Hancock Russia India Canada UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia University of Florida Wellesley College Duke University Biological Engineering Biological Sciences Computer Science/Physics

Celia Garcia Nogales Ginevra C.A. Guzzi Alexandra Jayne Spain Italy Hansen UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic USA Ringling College of Princeton University UWC South East Asia Art and Design Operations Research/ Kenyon College Fine Arts Financial Engineering International Studies

Andela Golemac Merima Hadzic Asger Victor Hansen Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina Norway UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Hood College University of Oklahoma Gettysburg College Economics/Political International Studies Economics Science

Guillermo Gorrin Lukas Hager Jon Funder Hansen Venezuela USA Denmark Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC UWC University of Chicago Kenyon College St. Olaf College Economics/Mathematics Biology Management Studies/ Political Science Weronika Grabowska Aliya Hai Barbora Hanzalova Poland Pakistan Czech Republic UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC College of the Atlantic Mount Holyoke College Colorado College Human Ecology Political Science Physics

Ghita Guessous Milena Hakanpaa Ahmad Harb Morocco Finland Jordan UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht Princeton University Brandeis University University of Oklahoma Physics Business/International & Industrial & Systems Global Studies Engineering

Grace Guo Tarisai Hamadziripi Peyavali Hashipala China Zimbabwe Namibia UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC in Mostar Wartburg College UWC University of Oklahoma Business Administration/ Westminster College Energy Management Economics Business Administration

38 Uniting the World Sien Hasker Jusse Aline Hirwa Muath Ibaid Belgium Rwanda Palestine UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic UWC Maastricht University of Chicago Luther College Macalester College Political Science/Russian Mathematics Applied Mathematics/ Studies Economics

Elin Linnea Hedlund Wing Sze Ho Peniel Ibe Sweden Hong Kong Nigeria UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba Dartmouth College Brown University UWC Biology Comparative Literature Earlham College Environmental Studies

Daniel Alexander Heinz Valcourt Honore Chisom Ibekwe USA Haiti Nigeria UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA Reed College Lewis & Clark College University of Oklahoma Biology/Psychology Economics Industrial & Systems Engineering

Lamisa Hossain Regina Marie Gideon Ikpekaogu Bangladesh Dominique Henares Netherlands UWC Mahindra College Philippines UWC-USA Wellesley College UWC South East Asia Bates College Economics/Political Colorado College Economics Psychology Science

Sina Heng Nikolaus H. Howe David Immanuel Cambodia Canada Namibia UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Lewis & Clark College Williams College Westminster College Biology Mathematics Business Administration

Ana Hernandez Karla Huaman Ruiz Zabir Islam Martinez de la Riva Peru Bangladesh Spain UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica St. Olaf College Tufts University St. Lawrence University Political Science Computer Science Conservation Biology/ Francophone Studies Mohamed Hussein Jimmy Hernandez Rojas Doris Precious Ismail Egypt Costa Rica Nigeria Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Middlebury College University of Florida St. Olaf College Economics Recreation Economics/Political Science Class of 2017 Sae Yeoun Hwang Kailash Heron Minori Itabashi South Korea Canada Japan UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA Earlham College St. Lawrence University Earlham College Art Global Studies Psychology

Davis United World College Scholars Program 39 Ruzica Ivanovic Shivaji Jori Chansa Kateule Bosnia-Herzegovina India Zambia UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba Ringling College of Wartburg College UWC Art and Design Computer Information Westminster College Fine Arts Systems/Business Business Administration/ International Business Khaled Jabr Ana Albino Julante Mari Kawakatsu Palestine Angola Japan UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Adriatic University of Oklahoma UWC Yale University Computer Science Wartburg College Physics/Sociology Computer Science/ Mathematics Sophia Jamal Hyein Jung Owen A. Kay Malaysia South Korea USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Duke University School of the Art Williams College Entrepreneurship Institute of Chicago Economics/Physics Art History

Erica Jamieson Titus Kabega Sowinta (Winta) Kay Cambodia Uganda Cambodia UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Colorado College Dartmouth College Macalester College Sociology Engineering/Economics Economics

Fatimetu Jatri Bernarda Kaculete Jephter Kayila Emhamed Angola Tanzania Western Sahara UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Luther College Methodist University Luther College International Studies Chemistry Computer Science/ Mathematics

Rebecca Jennings Neira Kadic Entisar Kedir South Africa Bosnia-Herzegovina Ethiopia UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic Wellesley College University of Oklahoma Luther College Biology International Studies Economics Plan 1

Lia Jimenez Dianne Kaiyoorawongs Sinath Keo Dominican Republic USA Cambodia UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Colby College Yale University Methodist University Economics/Government Ethnicity, Race & Accounting Migration

Sebastian Kern Ariana Johnson Mohammed Katelo Germany USA Ethiopia Waterford Kamhlaba Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Stanford University UWC Middlebury College Symbolic Systems Methodist University International Politics and Biology Economics

40 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION Accelerating Start-ups Around the World Soon after Justin Wong (Malaysia, UWC of South East Asia) graduated from Bowdoin in 2013, he began working in China for SOSV, a $300 million international venture- capital fund that invests in more than 150 early-stage start-ups per year . SOSV’s approach centers on “accelerator” programs, “where twice each year a batch of start-ups, typically 10 per batch, moves into our offices and works with us intensively to grow and scale their business,” Justin writes . “I work with the global Internet office, which runs Chinaccelerator in Shanghai and Mobile-Only Accelerator in Taiwan .” The Shanghai office helps a diversity of businesses from outside China enter and scale up within the country; the Taiwan accelerator brings Android apps to emerging markets around the globe . As he shifts from one city to the other every few months, Justin leads and closes Justin Wong investment deals with start-ups, helps to find and vet potential start-ups, works on portfolio management, and helps to train new analysts . “On the Accelerator side, I work with international partnerships, where I build and maintain relationships with other accelerators, incubators, and partners . I also manage the HR program, where we help start-ups find quality talent in China . Our clients come from all over the world — it is an extremely diverse group .” “China was not an easy place to start out in,” Justin says . “The last two years have been filled with unpredictability, cultural disconnect, and unfamiliarity; but these experiences have helped me mature considerably, and I feel at home in China now .” Working with start-ups from around the world, he adds, “I have learned that people are more similar than different, and can get along well, as I found in my time at UWC .”

Melike (Seren) Keskin Niyanta Khatri Lindokuhle Khumalo Turkey Nepal Swaziland UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba Earlham College Colorado College UWC Business & Nonprofit Mathematical Economics University of Florida Management/Psychology Civil Engineering

Shahad Khalil Samsuda Khem-nguad Senzosenkosi Khumalo Iraq Thailand Swaziland UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba University of Oklahoma Cornell University UWC Biology International Agriculture & University of Oklahoma Rural Development Mechanical Engineering

Aneesa Khan Fezokuhle Khumalo Hyunji Kim India Swaziland South Korea Class of 2017 UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Mahindra College College of the Atlantic UWC Westminster College Human Ecology Lake Forest College Business Administration/ Biology International Business

Davis United World College Scholars Program 41 Raymos Kimanzi Gordan Kucan Eu Gin Lee Uganda Croatia South Korea Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC UWC Northwestern Northwestern University University of Oklahoma University Economics/Political Petroleum Engineering Civil Engineering Science

Joan Kirungi Fernanda O. Lai Jae June Lee Uganda Hong Kong South Korea Waterford Kamhlaba Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Williams College Kenyon College University of Oklahoma English Philosophy Industrial & Systems Engineering Jonathan Tng Yi Lee Kailas Maruti Kokare Ali Mujtaba Lakdawala Malaysia India Pakistan UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar Wheaton College Wartburg College Brown University Economics Philosophy/International Business Entrepreneurship Relations & Organizations

Man Tim Lee Puja Aparna Kolluru Lalita Lalitnantawat Hong Kong India Thailand Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College University of Chicago Ringling College of Wellesley College Economics Art and Design Economics Film

Kim Annika Elisa Skyler Lam Antonija Kolobaric Lensen USA Bosnia-Herzegovina Netherlands UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar The College of Idaho Brown University Wartburg College Business Psychology International Relations/ Political Science Melissa Leong Chui Yi Paolina Koo Trevor Lam Malaysia USA USA UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Macalester College Scripps College Brown University Economics Religious Studies Business Economics

Tenzin Lhamo Sibonay Koo Brais Lamela Gomez India USA Spain UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic University of Oklahoma Tufts University Brown University International Studies Computer Science/English Comparative Literature/ Development Studies

Chengyue Li Weronika Kosior Erin Lavoie China Poland USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Stanford University Sarah Lawrence College Colby College Mechanical Engineering, Urban Architecture & Computer Science/ Education Design Mathematics

42 Uniting the World Yimou Li Kengthsagn Louis Anwita Mahajan China Haiti India UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Brown University Skidmore College Dartmouth College Applied Mathematics/ Psychology Economics Economics

Yun-Yun Susan Li Diego Loyo Rosales Chiranthanin USA Venezuela Mahayotheecharak UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Thailand Princeton University University of Chicago UWC Costa Rica Ecology/Evolutionary Political Science Earlham College Biology Biochemistry

Jaime Li Wu Fredrik Lyford Ntobeko P. Mahlangu Panama Norway Zimbabwe Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba College of the Atlantic Earlham College UWC Human Ecology Spanish & Hispanic Wartburg College Studies/Politics Accounting/Business Administration Sanni Lindroos Lilian Ma Matlhatjwane Grace Finland United Kingdom Malahlela UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC South Africa Lake Forest College Wellesley College Waterford Kamhlaba Independent Scholar/ Computer Science/ UWC Studio Art Economics University of Oklahoma Human Relations Ervin Liz Oluwanifemi Colombia Madarikan Tavishi Malaviya UWC Red Cross Nordic Nigeria India Luther College UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Economics Brown University Wellesley College Computer Science Economics

Arthur Man Ki Lo Vaishnavi Madhavan Milad Malekzad United Kingdom India Afghanistan Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Johns Hopkins Macalester College Methodist University University Neuroscience East Asian Studies Computer Science

Pablo Lopez Alonso Peace Madimutsa Gorica Malesevic Mexico Zimbabwe Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Adriatic UWC-USA UWC in Mostar Luther College Macalester College Lake Forest College German/Linguistics Economics Computer Science/ Finance Class of 2017

Davis United World College Scholars Program 43 UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Exploring Impacts of Chinese Foreign Aid

As an economics and international relations major, Maho Fujita (Japan, Mahindra UWC, Bucknell ’17) spent last summer in Tanzania, researching the impacts of Chinese investment on the country’s people and development . She visited cities and villages in various parts of the country, interviewing residents and Chinese construction workers . She found that as Chinese influence has expanded — not just economically, Maho Fujita, center, interviewed a variety of Tanzanians during her research last summer on the but also politically, culturally, and socially — it has increased rural impacts of Chinese investment on the country. Tanzanians’ access to cities and businesses . She also heard many Tanzanians express concern about becoming dependent on Chinese investment . “My interest in this topic is rooted in my UWC experience,” Maho says . “Interacting with local villagers then, and traveling around India, made me think about sustainable economic development . The geographic area is different, but Tanzania has been culturally influenced by India through trading and immigration . Walking on a street there, I felt like I was back in India — so the UWC experience helped me to navigate myself in unfamiliar places .” Throughout her time at Bucknell, Maho has been involved with Students for Asian Awareness . “I have learned that in order to spread the culture of Asia or my country, it is necessary to know about my culture as well as others,” she says . “It takes a lot of effort from both sides to exchange cultural experiences .” After graduation, Maho hopes to work in business consulting, helping companies succeed in emerging economies such as Africa’s . “I also want to keep researching on China in Africa,” she adds, “and its economic implications in the long run ”.

Robert Malongo Juan Manzo Paula Martinez Malawi Guatemala Gutierrez UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica Mexico Colby College Westminster College Li Po Chun UWC Economics/Mathematics Political Science/ Brown University Transnational Science History/International Relations Aditya Manikantan Milica Markovic India Montenegro Augustin Martz UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Switzerland Northwestern Wellesley College UWC Adriatic University Biochemistry College of the Atlantic Economics Human Ecology

Michael Manning Guillermo J. Martinez USA Cabalga Mampolokeng Marumo UWC Atlantic College Spain South Africa Brown University Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba Mechanical Engineering Princeton University UWC Physics The College of Idaho Chemistry

44 Uniting the World Lindelwa Maseko Sanyu Mbowa Monica Charles Mhina Swaziland Uganda Tanzania UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC-USA University of Oklahoma UWC Trinity College Industrial & Systems University of Oklahoma Engineering Engineering Management Information Systems Mthobisi Maseko Katherine McGuire Pavle Milicevic Swaziland USA Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Westminster College Sarah Lawrence College University of Oklahoma Political Science International Relations Civil Engineering

Dzenita Masic Eli Medvescek Stefan Minic Bosnia-Herzegovina USA Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC in Mostar Luther College UWC Brown University Philosophy Duke University Applied Mathematics/ Economics Biomedical Engineering

Domenica Massamby Archibal Miracle Zoe Meers Mozambique Haiti Australia Waterford Kamhlaba Simon Bolivar UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Methodist University Smith College Lehigh University Environmental & Government Architecture Occupational Management

Filemon Mateus Myriel Meissner Neliswa Mkhatshwa Angola Austria Swaziland UWC-USA UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba Westminster College Lewis & Clark College UWC Computer Science/ Theater Methodist University Mathematical Science Environmental & Occupa- tional Management Elvis Matoya Grace Mensah Palesa Mkhonta Kenya Ghana Swaziland Waterford Kamhlaba Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC The College of Idaho UWC Wartburg College Health Science Methodist University Economics/Philosophy Business Administration/ Financial Economics Lelo Matsebula Imman Merdanovic Philani Mkhwanazi Swaziland Bosnia-Herzegovina Swaziland Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Maastricht Waterford Kamhlaba UWC St. Lawrence University UWC Wartburg College Government/Performance Luther College & Communication Arts Biology Computer Science Class of 2017

Davis United World College Scholars Program 45 Itumeleng Mohlaba Lillian Morejohn Berina Muderizovic Lesotho USA Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar University of Oklahoma University of Florida University of Oklahoma Economics/Management Anthropology International Studies Information Systems

John Mohoang Milana Morozova Priscilla Muiuane Lesotho Kazakhstan Mozambique UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba Macalester College The College of Idaho UWC Applied Mathematics & Art University of Oklahoma Statistics/Computer Management Information Science Systems Kevin Molina Emily Morris Kahembi Mukuwa Costa Rica United Kingdom Zambia UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba Pearson College UWC Wartburg College UWC Hood College Psychology Lake Forest College Economics Biology/Economics

Pharez Kwesi Monney Khetiwe Motlana Jordyn Murray Ghana South Africa USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Luther College Colby College School of the Art Biology/Management Economics Institute of Chicago Fine Arts

Nicolas Montano Thokone Motsapole Fathimath Raia USA Lesotho Musthafa UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba Maldives Brown University UWC UWC Atlantic College History/International University of Oklahoma St. Olaf College Relations Petroleum Engineering German Studies/ Philosophy Dumisile Mtambo Leandro Montes Ruiz Martha Muswema Zimbabwe Uruguay Zambia UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Duke University Colorado College Wartburg College Policy Studies Political Science Political Science/ International Relations

Alan Morales Blanco Nelisiwe Lungile Salma Mutwafy Guatemala Mtembu Kenya Li Po Chun UWC South Africa Li Po Chun UWC Macalester College Waterford Kamhlaba Cornell University Computer Science UWC Policy Analysis & University of Oklahoma Management Accounting

46 Uniting the World Vincent Mwadime Agenda Nawa Ha Tan Ngo Mwashumbe Namibia Vietnam Kenya UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College Luther College University of Richmond Princeton University Business Management Accounting History

Cynthia Nabatanzi Emir Nazdrajic Samukelisiwe Ngwenya Uganda Bosnia-Herzegovina Zimbabwe Waterford Kamhlaba UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Methodist University Lake Forest College University of Oklahoma Chemistry/Mathematics Sociology & Anthropology/ Chemical Engineering International Relations

Tengetile Nhlengethwa Otto Nagengast Nothizile Jullian Ncube Swaziland USA Zimbabwe Waterford Kamhlaba UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Middlebury College UWC Brown University Economics Wartburg College International Relations/ Development Studies Psychology

Tanvi Naidu Junior Ndlovu Genia Niemeyer India Zimbabwe Germany UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Costa Rica Cornell University UWC Colorado College Environmental Engineering/ University of Rochester Sociology Environmental & Economics/Political Sustainability Sciences Science Matija Nikolic Ruth Nakalyowa Mfihlakalo Ndlovu Serbia Uganda Swaziland Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba Waterford Kamhlaba Luther College UWC UWC Economics The College of Idaho Wartburg College International Political International Relations/ Economy Economics Lara M. Norgaard Masahiro Nakanishi Ousmane Ndure USA Japan United Kingdom UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba Princeton University Brown University UWC Comparative Literature Applied Mathematics/ University of Oklahoma Biostatistics Civil Engineering Ken Nugroho Avaneesh V. Narla Amanda Neira Indonesia India Ecuador UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC Brandeis University Princeton University Middlebury College Business Physics Dance Class of 2017 Francesco Nutricato Martin Naunov Dorte Neumeister Italy Macedonia Germany UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Macalester College Middlebury College Earlham College Computer Science/ Political Science Biology Economics

Davis United World College Scholars Program 47 Natsai Nyabadza Keshav Pant Hai Anh Pham Zimbabwe Canada Vietnam Waterford Kamhlaba UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College UWC Amherst College Brown University Smith College Economics Biology Engineering Science

Karen Odidika Na Yon Park Sofiya Pisarenka Nigeria South Korea Belarus UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Amherst College Carleton College Luther College Law/Social Thought Chemistry Biology

Wyclife Omondi Andra Pascu Fabian Pop Pop Kenya Romania Guatemala UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Earlham College Middlebury College Luther College Economics International Politics and International Studies/ Economics Business Management

Barak Oshri Coral Peral Garcia Doroteja Postonjski Israel Spain Croatia UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Stanford University St. Lawrence University Macalester College Mathematics Psychology & Art German/Political Science

Meltem Ozcan Keren Permel Victor Potinga Turkey Trinidad & Tobago Moldova UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC Wellesley College St. Olaf College Lewis & Clark College Psychology Middle Eastern Studies/ International Affairs Political Studies

Sejla Palic Alma Pernas del Valle Rinyuda Bosnia-Herzegovina Spain Promphrenrangsi UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College Thailand St. Lawrence University Ringling College of UWC Mahindra College Psychology/Statistics Art and Design Lewis & Clark College Illustration Economics

Shari-ann Pan-oy Sava Petovic Ralitsa Racheva Philippines Montenegro Bulgaria Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic Luther College Colby College Pomona College Buisness Management Biochemistry/Global Computer Science/ Studies Mathematics

Jiya Pandya Ivaylo Petrov Dikshyant Rai India Bulgaria Nepal UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College Middlebury College Brown University Brown University History/Political Science Computer Engineering Computer Science

48 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION An Artist Shares the Energy of Creating It’s a rare UWC graduate who can jump back full-time into UWC life and learning — and one of those few is Yaro Zabavskiy (Russia, UWC Atlantic, Earlham ’14) . Since last August, he has been teaching visual arts at the United World College Dilijan in Armenia, with a special focus on ceramics and analog photography . Yaro coteaches with colleague Kevin Hopkins, from whom he’s also learning the basics of painting and drawing . “The IB Visual Arts program is designed so that students are encouraged to try a vast number of art-making forms and processes,” he writes . “The fact that our students come from different countries and cultures Yaro Zabavskiy contributes to the emergence of unexpected results . What happens if you synthesize the work of Alfons Mucha with colors and motifs of southeastern Africa? How similar are the symbols of ancient Armenia and the kingdom of Israel? In the process of finding answers, the students create their works and inspire each other . “In our art studios,” he adds, “there is an atmosphere of international creative chaos that I do not want to leave when classes are over . I often stay after and work on my own art pieces alongside the students, and sometimes have the most interesting conversations with them . I treasure these moments .” In his own work, Yaro has explored ways of bringing together film-based photography with ceramics, in part by transferring photos onto frames of clay . “It is the excitement of creation that is in the heart of my passion for the arts,” he declares . “Art is also a way of understanding myself and the world around me . It is an intimate process, yet I have the desire to share the results of it with others .”

Sangita Rai Ayush Rana Abondalia Rica Nepal Nepal Timor-Leste UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC University of Oklahoma Duke University University of Oklahoma International Studies Biology/Evolutionary Petroleum Engineering Anthropology

Ilisha Ramachandran Chinmay Rayarikar Stefan Richards Singapore India Jamaica UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Bryn Mawr College Trinity College Vassar College Physics/Computer Science International Studies/ Economics/French Urban Studies

Dino Ramic Leonard Rentrup Sara Rikalo Bosnia-Herzegovina Bermuda Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar

UWC Atlantic College Class of 2017 University of Florida Vassar College University of Richmond International Studies Economics History/International Studies

Davis United World College Scholars Program 49 Abigail E. Robinson Daniel Sachadonig Abanob Salib USA Austria Egypt UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar Williams College Vassar College Methodist University Biology/Women’s Gender Political Science Business Management & Sexuality Studies

Roberto Rochin Luca Sacher Sunayana Samantaray USA Italy India UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic Sarah Lawrence College Boston Conservatory University of Oklahoma Economics Piano Performance International Business

Adriana Rodriguez Burcu Sagiroglu Maness Samuel Argentina Turkey Malawi UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC Wartburg College Colby College University of Oklahoma Social Work Political Science Economics/Mathematics

Emilio Rodriguez Anantya Sahney Blanca Sánchez Rangil Paraguay India Spain UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica Colorado College Tufts University Macalester College Political Science Economics/History Political Science

Julian Rois Acuna Garline Saint Juste Jose Sanchez Colombia Haiti Dominican Republic UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Pearson College UWC St. John’s College The College of Idaho Wheaton College Liberal Arts International Political Economics/Sociology Economy

Krenar Roka Gynal Saintilien Aristide Sangano Albania Haiti Rwanda UWC-USA Simon Bolivar UWC Waterford Kamhlaba Colby College Methodist University UWC Economics Environmental & Duke University Occupational Energy Engineering/ Management Mechanical Engineering Reza Roudbari David Sakala SanjanMona Sankarak Iran Zambia Singapore UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia Methodist University University of Oklahoma Claremont McKenna Financial Economics Economics/Management College Information Systems Economics/International Relations

50 Uniting the World Jose Santelices Kumba Seddu Anna Shcherbiak Ormazabal Sierra Leone Ukraine Chile UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica Colby College Lake Forest College St. Lawrence University Biology/Neuroscience Economics/Psychology Music

Gabbie Santos Amar Sehic Seema Shedage Philippines Bosnia-Herzegovina India Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College Middlebury College Colby College Westminster College International Politics and Physics/Mathematics Information Technology Economics

Robert Sargsyan Nisal Senarathna Ruyi Shen Armenia Sri Lanka China UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Hood College University of Oklahoma Carleton College Biochemistry Civil Engineering Computer Science/ Mathematics

Daniel Sasfy Zinna Senbetta Mugdha Shidhaye Hungary USA India UWC Maastricht UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Methodist University Princeton University Macalester College Financial Economics Sociology Economics

Ihab Saud Maria Setyoyudo Shayan Shokrgozar Iraq Indonesia Iran UWC Adriatic UWC-USA UWC-USA Luther College Whitman College The College of Idaho Computer Science Psychology Psychology

Katherine Saviano Arman Shah Lesedi Shubane USA Bangladesh South Africa UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba Tufts University Duke University UWC Arabic/International Public Policy Studies Ringling College of Relations Art and Design Film Ava Sharma Jenille Scott Anmol Singh USA Jamaica India UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College Smith College Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Biology Environmental Science & Policy/International Computer Science/ Relations Engineering Class of 2017 Parikshit Sharma Hidajjah Natasha Natasha M Siyumbwa India Sebunya Zambia UWC Mahindra College Uganda UWC Red Cross Nordic Bowdoin College Waterford Kamhlaba Kenyon College Economics/Mathematics UWC Political Science University of Oklahoma International Studies

Davis United World College Scholars Program 51 UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION A “Magic” Solution for African Bus Riders

Some 25,000 student teams from over 150 nations competed last year for the $1 million Hult Prize, which promotes business entrepreneurship for social good . The winners: a team of four from Earlham College, including three Davis UWC Scholars, whose project — now a start-up in Nairobi, Kenya — just might Former President Bill Clinton presents the revolutionize public transportation in sub-Saharan Africa . $1 million Hult Prize to the winning team When the 2016 competition, sponsored by the Hult International Business from Earlham College: from left, Leslie Ossete, Wyclife Omondi, Iman Cooper, and School and the Clinton Global Initiative, called for proposals that could double the Sonia Kabra. incomes of people in crowded cities through increased mobility and connectivity, the Earlham team focused on transportation . They came up with Magic Bus, a text-based system through which users of Nairobi’s 15,000 public-transport minibuses could reserve seats, buy tickets, and find buses’ locations by smartphone . Magic Bus can make arrival times and fare amounts more predictable for users of the minibuses; it can also help bus companies be more efficient and profitable while curbing crime against drivers, who won’t need to collect fares in cash . When the system was beta tested in the city last summer, “people loved it,” said a co-owner of a transport company interviewed by the Washington Post . Former President Bill Clinton awarded the Hult Prize last September to teammates Wyclife Omondi (Kenya, UWC of Southeast Asia, Earlham ’17), 2016 grads Sonia Kabra (India, Li Po Chun UWC) and Leslie Ossete (Congo, UWC-USA), and Earlham alum Iman Cooper ’15 . Their project has since been spotlighted by the Post, Forbes magazine, National Public Radio, CNN Money, Business Daily Africa, and the Better India . Wyclife’s teammates are now in Nairobi getting the business off the ground, while he finishes his college career while serving as Magic Bus’s chief financial officer . “It takes a lot of work, I have to admit!” Wyclife says . “The original plan was to scale to 29 cities and 11 countries in sub- Saharan Africa . But now we are considering options on expanding to other countries ”.

Karlo Skarica Romario M.I. Smith Parul Sohal Bosnia & Herzegovina Namibia India UWC-USA UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Middlebury College St. Olaf College Lewis & Clark College International Politics and Social Work Computer Science/ Economics Mathematics

Baldwin Smith Urszula Snigurska Paroma Soni Swaziland Poland India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College UWC University of Florida Trinity College University of Oklahoma Nursing Film Studies/Human Economics Rights

52 Uniting the World Timiebi Souza- Rigzin Tamchos Travis Thompson Okpofabri India USA Trinidad & Tobago UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA St. Olaf College Colby College Yale University Economics/Finance Government Ethnicity, Race & Migration Margareta Spanu Jei-Jei Tan Malibongwe Thwala Belgium Singapore Swaziland UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba Bennington College Tufts University UWC Drama/Social Sciences Cognitive & Brain Trinity College Sciences/English Music

Frederik Stensaeth Wei Fen Rachel Tan Melisa Tokmak Norway Singapore Turkey UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Carleton College Macalester College Stanford University Computer Science/ Latin American Studies/ Computer Science Economics Political Science

Siddharth Sudheer Nils Tangemann Ester Topolarova India Germany Czech Republic UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Earlham College St. Lawrence University Colby College Computer Science/ Economics & Spanish Anthropology Economics

Anne-Gaelle Sy Joseph Tarawali Maja Torlo Belgium Sierra Leone Croatia UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar Luther College Wartburg College Lake Forest College Communications Studies/ Engineering Science/ Economics/International Spanish Economics Relations

Karolina Szymanska Una Taylor Maria Torrillas Pizzorno Poland United Kingdom Uruguay UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Colorado College Whitman College Luther College Sociology Art History/Visual Culture International Studies/ Studies Political Science

Rin Tachihara Sangay Tempa Evelin Eszter Tóth Japan Bhutan Hungary UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia Brown University University of Oklahoma Middlebury College Modern Culture & Media Sports Management Environmental Policy Class of 2017 Class of 2016 Mollika Tahsin Christina Thomas Andrew Troska Bangladesh India USA UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Colby College Colby College Harvard College Economics/Mathematics Economics/Urban Studies Slavic Languages & Literatures

Davis United World College Scholars Program 53 Namuun Tsend-Ayush Sri Saahitya Ales Varabyou Mongolia Uppalapati Belarus UWC Adriatic India UWC Maastricht Luther College UWC Mahindra College Luther College Music Performance Whitman College Biology/Computer Environmental Studies/ Science Politics Sopa Tsewang Konstantin Urban Roxana Vargas India Austria Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC Westminster College Lake Forest College Lewis & Clark College Business Administration/ International Relations/ International Affairs Information Technology Area Studies

Kunzang Tshering Maria Urbas Elio Vasquez Miranda Bhutan Austria Peru UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic Wheaton College Bennington College Ringling College of Psychology Politics/French Art and Design Film

Ricardo de luca e Maria F. Urrutia Veerle M. Verhey Tuma Gonzalez Netherlands Brazil Nicaragua UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic University of Richmond Columbia University Colby College International Studies/ Anthropology/Biology Environmental Studies Leadership Studies

Nadeige Uwamba Katarina Veszeleiova Bonheur Tumurere Swaziland Slovakia Rwanda Waterford Kamhlaba Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Brown University University of Oklahoma Lake Forest College Biotechnology/Physiology Civil Engineering International Relations/ French Maria A. Vicent Allende Salah Uweiti Isabella Tuveri Venezuela Lebanon Italy UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Williams College University of Oklahoma Methodist University Biology Biology Mechanical Engineering

Nomcebo Vilane Ariana Vaisey Ange Umwali Swaziland Canada Rwanda Waterford Kamhlaba Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC University of North University of Oklahoma Methodist University Carolina at Chapel Hill Industrial & Systems Financial Economics Engineering Economics/Geography

54 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION A Rhodes Scholar Eyes Smarter Technology Among the 63 international students who have been selected as 2017 Rhodes Scholars is Nadav Lidor (Israel, UWC of Costa Rica, Stanford ’16), who will pursue a master’s degree in computer science at the University of Oxford on the two- to three-year scholarship . “For the past few years I’ve been really interested in how we can bring technology to a wider audience and underserved communities,” Nadav writes . “I think there are incredible opportunities in health care, in increasing information accessibility, and helping people connect to one another across languages and cultures . “At Oxford, I will continue my research in the computational exploration of human language, the field of natural language processing, looking at how computers can better learn Nadav Lidor languages to more naturally communicate with people . Going forward, I hope to take this experience and build cooperative intelligent systems to make lives better, through further graduate work in academia or industry . “I think everyone should be able to benefit from the powerful tools of technology,” he adds . “We can imagine more accurate diagnosis and medical treatment, or broader, more personal educational opportunities, or helping people consume reliable information easily .”

Yamile Villarroel Caldera Daniel L. Waldroop Annika Winsnes Bolivia USA Norway UWC Adriatic UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Skidmore College Princeton University Northwestern Political Science/Spanish Politics University Biological Sciences

Lucy Eileen Vincent Sandisiwe Wasswa Kevin Wong United Kingdom Swaziland Canada UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba Pearson College UWC Kenyon College UWC Princeton University Modern Languages & University of Oklahoma Philosophy Literatures Creative Media Production

Marko Vukovic Lona Whitney Emma Woo Bosnia-Herzegovina Switzerland Canada UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College Tufts University Colorado College Harvard College Biochemistry Economics History/Science

Gal Wachtel Adara Wicaksono Nuoya (Nora) Wu

Israel United Kingdom China Class of 2017 UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic Harvard College Middlebury College Macalester College Human Development/ Architectural Studies Applied Mathematics & Regenerative Biology Statistics/Economics

Davis United World College Scholars Program 55 Herda Xhaferai Layth Yousif Welile Zwane Albania Syria Swaziland UWC in Mostar Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Harvard College The College of Idaho Macalester College Government International Political Computer Science Economy

Solveig Xia Wentao Yu Norway China UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Additional Brown University Middlebury College East Asian Studies/ Economics/Mathematics Senior Scholars Economics (photos not available) Abuubakar Ally Ting Xia Ottavia Zattra Tanzania China Italy UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Harvard College Brown University University of North Engineering Sciences Computer Science Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Fathimath Hana Amir Maldives UWC Red Cross Nordic Christina Yang Yll Zeka USA New York University Kosovo Biology UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Vassar College University of Oklahoma Twisha Asher International Studies Electrical Engineering India UWC Mahindra College Denison University Qiong Yang Peichong Zhang Philosophy/Political Science China China UWC Atlantic College Tanya Bajwa UWC Adriatic Austria Macalester College Wartburg College Economics/English UWC Atlantic College Mathematics Skidmore College Psychology

Tenzin Yangchen Britney Zhang Catherine Ballali Tibet/India China Tanzania UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic UWC Maastricht Agnes Scott College Wartburg College Earlham College Psychology Business Administration/ Chemistry Economics Camilo Barriga Davalos Bolivia Erim Yildirir Asaf Zilberfarb UWC Costa Rica Turkey Israel Earlham College UWC-USA UWC-USA Social Thought Bucknell University Dartmouth College Civil Engineering/ Geography/Government Tanvi Bhaskar Management India UWC South East Asia Columbia University Abenezer Yimam Rohma Zubair Economics/Mathematics Ethiopia Pakistan UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Kavya Bhat University of Florida Earlham College India Aerospace Engineering Economics UWC Mahindra College University of Chicago Classics

56 Uniting the World Julie Bowser Hai Yin Cho Hajar El Fatihi Elena Hodges Canada Singapore Morocco USA Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic College of the Atlantic School of the Art Institute of Harvard College Yale University Human Ecology Chicago Applied Mathematics Human Rights/Political Science Fashion Design/Installation Emma Burke Marc Fawcett-Atkinson Mary Kam Man Hui France Man Kin Chow Canada United Kingdom UWC Atlantic College United Kingdom Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC College of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC College of the Atlantic Princeton University Human Ecology Princeton University Human Ecology Spanish & Portuguese Language Woodrow Wilson School & Cultures David Buruchara Toam Feldestein Kenya Sharo Glany Costa Israel Franjo Ivankovic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Saudi Arabia UWC in Mostar Bosnia-Herzegovina University of Michigan UWC Mahindra College St. Olaf College UWC in Mostar Business Administration University of Michigan Religion/Social Work University of Florida Biopsychology, Cognition & Anthropology Davina Buruchara Neuroscience Marisol Fernandez y Mora Kenya USA Cheryne Jonay Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Katie Crawford UWC-USA Switzerland University of Michigan United Kingdom Smith College UWC Atlantic College International Studies, UWC Maastricht Government Princeton University Afro-American & African Studies Westminster College Physics Business Communication Sarunas Genys Alberto Carrillo Casas Lithuania Neema Kafwimi Spain Emily Cunniffe UWC Atlantic College Tanzania UWC Red Cross Nordic Ireland Colby College UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Rochester UWC Atlantic College Psychology/Anthropology Bates College Comparative Literature/English Brown University Mathematics International Relations Awwad Ghadeer Minsun Cha Palestine Ridhima Kalani South Korea Alexander Davies Pearson College UWC Singapore UWC South East Asia United Kingdom Earlham College UWC South East Asia Yale University UWC-USA International Studies New York University Global Affairs/East Asian Studies Cornell University Media, Culture & Political Science/Computer Rukun Goel Communication Joyce Yu Xi Chan Science India United Kingdom UWC South East Asia Sophie Karbjinski UWC South East Asia Matthew De La Cruz University of Chicago Germany Cornell University USA Economics UWC-USA Industrial & Labor Relations UWC Adriatic Bryn Mawr College Brown University Nora Gurung International Studies Ambika Chanrai Comparative Literature Nepal United Kingdom UWC Costa Rica Mehrsa Kheibary UWC South East Asia Aminata Deme Cornell University Iran New York University Senegal Economics UWC Maastricht Film & TV UWC-USA St. Lawrence University Middlebury College Chau Ha International Economics / Alinafe Chanza Economics Vietnam Multi-Languages Malawi UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Annelieke Dompeling Middlebury College Hankeyol Kim Wheaton College Singapore Business Administration Singapore UWC South East Asia International Relations UWC South East Asia Class of 2017 New York University Charlene Jialing Ho School of the Art Institute of Ying Ji Chen Finance/Information Systems Singapore Chicago Hong Kong UWC South East Asia Interdisciplinary Fine Arts UWC Atlantic College Sevinc Dundar University of Michigan Savannah College of Art and Turkey Business Administration Design UWC Adriatic Film & Television St. Olaf College Economics/Management Studies

Davis United World College Scholars Program 57 Melika Konjicanin Alvaro Machuca Recalde Milka Murdjeva Mahima Poudel Bosnia-Herzegovina Paraguay Macedonia Nepal UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC University of Florida Middlebury College Middlebury College Westminster College Architecture Mathematics Computer Science/Economics Political Science Prithvi Krishnan Marie-Olivier Mabiala Sanjana Nair Aishwarya Ramesh India Congo India Singapore UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia New York University St. Olaf College University of Chicago New York University Economics Studio Art, Africa & the Americas Economics/Statistics Economics Matea Krizanac Clara Mareschal Kanchan Nannavare Joshua Ryan Bosnia-Herzegovina Belgium India USA UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College University of Florida College of the Atlantic The College of Idaho University of Pennsylvania Architecture Human Ecology Mathematics-Computer Science Economics Madison Lahey Fanelesibonge Mashwama Biljana Novakovic Ashley Saiwa USA Swaziland Bosnia-Herzegovina Malawi UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Virginia Harvard College Wheaton College Skidmore College History Philosophy Neuroscience Environmental Studies/Sociology Ragnhild Miriam Langmoen Savannah May Philipp Oberbeck Srabasti Sarker Norway Jamaica Germany Bangladesh UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Brown University Barnard College Duke University Smith College Economics Urban Studies Economics/Psychology Government Kiri Jazz Lester-Hodges Siddharth Mehra Harald Oswin Kathryn Schirn China USA Swaziland Cayman Islands UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica New York University Dartmouth College Harvard College University of Florida Psychology Theater/Government Applied Mathematics Physiology & Kinesiology Ryan Lewis Sukeji Mikaya Selen Ozturk Akul Sharma Bahamas South Sudan Turkey India UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Savannah College of Art and Luther College Earlham College Earlham College Design International Studies International Studies Neuroscience Advertising Tanya Mistry Dean Paddock Yue Shen Diana Liang Ireland South Africa China Hong Kong UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Wesleyan University University of Florida New York University Columbia University Psychology Criminal Justice Psychology Economics/Political Science Dino Mujkic Rachel Park Mthobisi Sibandze Jovanka Gabriella Lim Bosnia-Herzegovina USA Swaziland Indonesia UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Northwestern University University of Pennsylvania Middlebury College New York University Computer Science/Economics Sociology Physics Media, Culture & Communication Faten Mukhtar Anna Ponomorenko Jorge Augusto Silva Tapia Bahrain Belarus Peru Zechen Ma UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA China Savannah College of Art and College of the Atlantic Princeton University UWC Mahindra College Design Human Ecology Economics Brown University Advertising Mathematical Computer Science

58 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION An African-Styled Path to Success LES GRANDS ESPRITS Back when Matthew Rugamba (Botswana, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Lewis & Clark ’13) was an international affairs major at Lewis & Clark, his advisor urged him to do what he wanted to do — which was to work in African-themed fashion and design . If he did, Matthew remembers his advisor saying, “I would probably have a greater impact in the field of international relations than some of my peers who were going to grad school .” Consider the impacts he is generating so far . The fashion line Matthew created — House of Tayo, which is based in Rwanda and specializes in bowties and other men’s accessories, crafted in bold designs that blend traditional and contemporary African themes — was recently celebrated by the CNN series African Voices . Matthew works with women’s sewing cooperatives to produce his distinctive designs; CNN called him one of Africa’s “dazzling trendsetters who create their own subcultures .” Matthew Rugamba Last year Matthew was interviewed by Forbes Africa at an African venue of the 2016 World Economic Forum . In an article that was later picked up by CNBC, Matthew said he’s both aiming at an international market and working to build the fashion industry at home . “It’s funny how my international relations background has impacted what I am doing now,” Matthew mused for CNN . To learn more, visit houseoftayo com. .

Nemanja Stojanovic Varun Ursekar Leonard Vibbi Lauralee Williams Serbia India Sierra Leone Trinidad & Tobago UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA Middlebury College Wesleyan University St. Olaf College University of Florida Psychology Mathematics/Physics Technology Innovation in Architecture Civic Development Abdul Raziq Tabish Angela Valenzuela Lylla Younes Afghanistan Chile Sena Voncujovi USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC Ghana UWC-USA Brown University College of the Atlantic UWC Costa Rica Cornell University Computer Engineering Human Ecology Middlebury College Information Science International Politics and Bjorg Texel Jessica Vandebon Economics Janine Beatrice Denmark Belgium De Los Reyes Young UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Shiv Wadhwani Singapore Wheaton College Columbia University India UWC South East Asia Philosophy/Political Science Computer Engineering UWC South East Asia New York University University of Chicago Film & TV Onur Unal Diya Varadaraj Economics Turkey India Isabel Yu UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia Michele Wainaina USA Macalester College New York University Kenya UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Applied Mathematics & Statistics Media, Culture & Wellesley College Class of 2017 Communications New York University Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences Economics Vuochly Veung Cambodia Pearson College UWC Brown University Business Economics

Davis United World College Scholars Program 59 THE UNDERGRADUATES

The following pages list the undergraduate Davis United World College Scholars — the classes of 2018, 2019, and 2020. The listing is alphabetical and includes the scholar’s home country, the UWC school they attended, and their college or university.

60 Uniting the World Lamis Ahmed Omar AL-Mogahed Ahmed Arafat Class of 2018 Egypt Yemen Palestine UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht Eric Abaidoo University of Oklahoma Wheaton College The College of Idaho Ghana Syeda Zahra Ahmed Hala Al-Shawafi Ram Arangi UWC Red Cross Nordic Bangladesh Yemen India Davidson College UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Farangiz Abduvahobova Bard College Methodist University University of Oklahoma Tajikistan Omolara A. Akingba Harm Althuisius Lopez Gabrielle Lucy Li Po Chun UWC Nigeria Guatemala Armstrong-Scott Lake Forest College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College New Zealand THE UNDERGRADUATES Mounia Abousaid Colby College Colorado College Li Po Chun UWC Princeton University Canada Daiki Akiyoshi Tomas Alvarez Belon UWC-USA Japan Spain Madeley Arriola Gierrero Columbia University UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College Nicaragua Ali Aburegiba Earlham College Georgetown University UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Florida Iraq Mohammad Al Abdallah Pony Ameri UWC Costa Rica Palestine South Sudan Jessica Arseneau Methodist University Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Canada Mazen Abu-Sharkh Brown University St. Olaf College Pearson College UWC College of the Atlantic Jordan Taha Al-azzawi Annemaayke Ammerlaan UWC Red Cross Nordic Iraq Netherlands Nosagie Asaolu St. Olaf College Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Nigeria Morountodun Adebiyi Wartburg College Cornell University UWC Maastricht Middlebury College Nigeria Manisha Alex Zhiqi An UWC Costa Rica India China Wassim Askoul St. Olaf College UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Palestine Sukriti Adhikari Brandeis University Lewis & Clark College UWC Red Cross Nordic St. Olaf College Nepal Hoda Al-Haddad Maria Laura Andrade Laso UWC Costa Rica Yemen Ecuador Tigran Aslanyan University of Richmond Pearson College UWC UWC Costa Rica Armenia Riya Agarwal St. Olaf College Lewis & Clark College UWC Adriatic Gettysburg College Singapore Wajahat Ali Iulia Andreeva UWC South East Asia India Russia Amalia Awala University of Chicago UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Namibia Chhavi Aggarwal University of Oklahoma Bennington College UWC South East Asia Luther College India Omar Al-Khanbashi Miebaka Anga UWC South East Asia Yemen Nigeria Bereket Awoke University of Pennsylvania UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College Ethiopia Isha Aggarwal University of Oklahoma University of Pennsylvania UWC-USA University of Oklahoma India Abdul Rahman Alloush Disket Angmo UWC South East Asia Syria India Ilayda Aydin Bard College UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Turkey Ishara Agostini Methodist University St. Olaf College UWC Mahindra College

Colorado College 2018 Class of Trinidad & Tobago Emad Al-Maqtary Mokgari Kgonthe Aphane Pearson College UWC Yemen Swaziland Chima Azih Agnes Scott College UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Nigeria Nurul Azma Ahmad Tarmizi Ringling College of Art and Wartburg College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Indonesia Design Luther College UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Florida

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David Batubara James Bilko “The Davis UWC Scholars at College of the Atlantic are Indonesia USA UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC leaders from the moment they step foot on campus. They Tufts University Claremont McKenna College seek out opportunities to start new clubs, speak at Bieke Bekker Chisomo Billy Netherlands Malawi international conferences, organize fundraising events, UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica St. Lawrence University Wheaton College and chair committees. These impressive students from Ayoub Belemlih Felix Biver such a broad range of cultures create opportunities on Morocco Luxembourg UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA campus, throughout Mount Desert Island, in the state of Macalester College Brown University Soma Beleznay Andrej Blazhevski Maine, and on a global stage — even before they Hungary Macedonia UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA graduate. Because of the experience they bring and, St. Olaf College Colorado College really, who they are as UWC Scholars, COA has become a Onyx Bengston Yvonne Boateng USA Ghana more interesting and global learning community for all of UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Colorado College St. Lawrence University our students.” Andrea Bennett Karl Böcker USA Sweden DARRON COLLINS, PRESIDENT UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia College of the Atlantic Brown University Williams College Sahakait Benyasut Mahfoud Bouad USA Algeria UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic Brown University Westminster College Alex Badeaux Prabana Balapuwaduge USA Mendis Amit Bharam Tristan Bouan UWC Costa Rica Sri Lanka India France University of Florida UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College St. Olaf College Wartburg College Duke University Mariama Bah Sierra Leone John Roy Ballossini Asmita Bharam Murat Bozkurt UWC Red Cross Nordic Dommett India USA Colby College Portugal UWC-USA UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Luther College University of North Carolina at Mary Baillie Colorado College Chapel Hill United Kingdom Dipro Bhowmik UWC Mahindra College Ayodele Bandele India Augusto Joel Bravo Ballon Middlebury College Nigeria UWC South East Asia Peru Li Po Chun UWC Duke University UWC Red Cross Nordic Langa Bakhuluma-Ncube St. Olaf College Brown University Zimbabwe Brian Biamah Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Elisa Barahona Kenya Victor Brechenmacher Skidmore College El Salvador Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Germany UWC Costa Rica University of Oklahoma UWC Mahindra College Corin S. Balan College of the Atlantic Brown University Romania Steven Biggert UWC-USA Erika Batiz South Africa Andres Broenimann Colby College USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar Ringling College of Art and UWC Costa Rica Tufts University Design Ringling College of Art and Design

62 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION Designing the Digital Experience Minzhe “Yuan” Chen Cheng (Spain, Li Po Chun UWC, Ringling ’14) worked for two years as a user experience (UX) and interaction designer at Google, where his main project involved improving workflows for various enterprise projects . “As a designer for enterprise, your objective is to improve people’s day-to-day productivity and, therefore, how they perceive their job and how satisfied they are with it,” Yuan writes . “I was quite new to enterprise, but I soon realized it can be tremendously meaningful .” “During my time at Google, I became very interested in accessibility and material design,” he adds . “For example, I made sure the interfaces we designed were friendly to people with visual impairments . I also joined different teams that contributed to the material Minzhe “Yuan” Chen Cheng design guidelines, such as the App Bar component .” Through Google, Yuan got involved with the One Billion Acts of Peace project (www .billionacts .org), a global citizens’ movement led by the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and 11 other Nobel laureates . “I led the efforts for the redesign of their current website and the mobile app, managing a small team of visual designers and a UX researcher,” he writes . “In 2015, the campaign was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and it has inspired more than 15 million acts of peace so far!” Yuan is now based in London, where he freelances for various organizations . “I have become very interested in service design,” he explains, “as it encompasses all aspects of a service, beyond the digital product or interface .”

Christina Brook Shanique Caddle Alisa Carmichael Andre Ceccotti New Zealand Barbados Serbia Brazil Pearson College UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica Middlebury College University of Rochester Randolph-Macon College University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill William Brown Mariana Cadena Robles Jose Luis Carmona Mendoza USA Mexico Costa Rica Cengiz Cemaloglu UWC-USA Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Turkey Lehigh University College of the Atlantic Methodist University Li Po Chun UWC Harvard College Anna Bruijn Faruk Calkic Guillermo Carranza Jordan Netherlands Bosnia-Herzegovina Peru Mahir Chadha UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC India Macalester College Bennington College Columbia University UWC South East Asia Cornell University Essam Bubaker Heankel Cantu Oliveros Miguel Castillo Libya Mexico Venezuela Mohamad Chamas UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Lebanon St. Olaf College Wellesley College Middlebury College UWC Costa Rica Duke University Oyusuvd Byambaa Ludmila Cardoso de Brito Gloria Castro

Mongolia Brazil Peru Cydney Chambers 2018 Class of UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC South Africa Westminster College Whitman College Brown University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Florida

Davis United World College Scholars Program 63 UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Working to Share the Power of Opportunity

Even as she double-majors in Latin American studies and Spanish at Pitzer College, Sisa Tixicuro ’19 (Ecuador, Pearson UWC) works three jobs so she can send much- needed money to her family back home . “I want to open doors for my brothers and sisters,” says Sisa, neither of whose parents finished high school . “I have to build this path for my family .” Sisa Tixicuro, at right, and fellow Pearson Sisa comes from an indigenous background in a region of the Andes where poverty United World College graduate Prince Chab- veka (Zimbabwe, Pitzer ’19) reunite on their and violence are all too present, and where the chance to learn English is generally for college campus with Heather Gross, director the more privileged only . When she left for UWC, she missed her flight to Canada of university counseling at Pearson UWC. because she couldn’t read the airport’s English signs . Today she speaks with a fluent conviction . One of Sisa’s jobs is with Pitzer’s Native Youth to College program, which helps Native American youth prepare and apply for college . “What I like about the work is that we help people like me,” she says . “It’s very satisfying to see how these people want to succeed . They want to go to college ”. She also coordinates Spanish tutoring at Pitzer, prepares food at its Coop Cafe, and volunteers to work with low-income children for the college’s JumpStart program . With three younger siblings, “I am kind of the model, to show them that it is possible to follow your dreams,” Sisa says . “You have to put in a lot of effort, but it is possible ”. Someday, she hopes to work with indigenous children back home . “I would like to create something that would gather these kids that don’t really have a chance, and give them an opportunity .” For Sisa, the chance to go to UWC and then college “didn’t only change my life — it changed the life of my family . And I think that’s a beautiful thing .”

Bee Ling Melisa Chan Freya Chay Carlos Chiroy Daniyal Choudhury Malaysia USA Guatemala Bangladesh UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College College of the Atlantic Stanford University University of Richmond University of Pennsylvania Glenda Kalam Chan Xadreque Chemane Jr Zoe Chitty Veronika Cibulkov China Mozambique Malaysia Slovakia Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica New York University University of Oklahoma University of Chicago Columbia University Harsh Chandra Alexandra Cheng Giorgio Chkaidze Leila Clark India Singapore Belarus Australia UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Brown University Claremont McKenna College University of Florida Princeton University Aruj Chaudry Tapiwa Chimanye Timothy Chong Wallace Anne Cloud India Zimbabwe USA USA UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Northwestern University Wartburg College Massachusetts Institute of Skidmore College Technology

64 Uniting the World PRESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES

Patrick Combe Sonia De Mello Ireland Switzerland “The class of 2020 includes the largest number of Davis UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Duke University Scripps College UWC Scholars in Northwestern’s history with the Rodrigo Coronel Emmanuel Dean program. Reaching a new milestone in our population of Ecuador Indonesia UWC-USA UWC South East Asia scholars is a direct result of the university’s commitment The College of Idaho Colgate University to bringing more diverse voices to Evanston. Our Davis Douah Coulibaly Paolo Degiorgi Mali Italy UWC Scholars represent an incredible mix of intellectual, UWC Maastricht UWC-USA Methodist University University of Chicago cultural, economic, and geographical backgrounds that Ana Covic Viktorija Deksne Bosnia-Herzegovina Latvia are changing the way Northwestern students, faculty, UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Florida Ringling College of Art and and alumni engage with and view the world. I look Design Matheus Cruz Correia de forward to my own interactions with these scholars and Carvalho Souza Javier del Cid Brazil Guatemala to reaching new heights in our relationship with the UWC-USA UWC Maastricht Williams College Middlebury College Davis UWC Scholars Program.” Istvan Cseloti Lujza Demuthova Hungary Slovakia MORTON SCHAPIRO, PRESIDENT UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Northwestern University Swarthmore College Oberlin College Naomi Currimjee Amrita Deol Mauritius USA UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Williams College Middlebury College Luzerio Da Conceicao Teme Simar Deol Saliou Diallo Dulcine Djetouan Timor-Leste India Canada Cote D’Ivoire Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Oklahoma New York University University of Oklahoma Methodist University Zeinabou Daffé Shaan Desai Venessa Dikuyama Lindelo Dlamini Mali Zambia Colombia Swaziland Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Dartmouth College Harvard College Middlebury College Lake Forest College Jill Maria Danne Aditi Deshpande Brea Dionisio Malungelo Mculu Dlamini Germany Singapore Philippines Swaziland UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC New York University University of Michigan University of North Carolina at University of Oklahoma Chapel Hill Tara Davis Saraswati Devray Mcebo Dlamini USA India Safietou Diop Swaziland UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC Senegal Waterford Kamhlaba UWC

Duke University The College of Idaho UWC-USA University of Oklahoma 2018 Class of Swarthmore College Megan de Koning Tiara Dhody Chi Y. Do Swaziland India Stanzin Disket-Relden Vietnam Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia India UWC Mahindra College Vassar College Sarah Lawrence College UWC Mahindra College Colby College St. Lawrence University

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Fidel Esquivel Estay Farai Gandiya “As societies throughout the world grapple with the Chile Zimbabwe UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC difficult political, environmental, and economic issues of University of Florida Wartburg College the future, the Davis UWC Scholars will lead the way Sina Fahimi Hanzaei Samantha Garapati Iran India forward through policy change, medical research, and UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Johns Hopkins University Bates College social entrepreneurship. Through their diverse Shahd Fahoum Lee Garcia Jimenez perspectives and breadth of experience, Davis UWC Israel USA UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Scholars are essential stakeholders in our endeavor to Wheaton College Middlebury College Ntuthuko Fakudze Jorge Vladimir Garcia Perez promote peace and justice in the community, the nation, Swaziland Bolivia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica and the world.” University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Andra Fehmiu Kaswell Gatsi Jr CHRISTINA H. PAXSON, PRESIDENT Kosovo Zimbabwe Brown University UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Harvard College University of Oklahoma Tuyisenge Meili Fortunee Yashvi Gattani Rwanda India Mengyu Duan Quinten Eggink UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia China Netherlands Westminster College Cornell University UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Eloa Franca Verona Alison Gau Luther College Colorado College Brazil USA Doriane Dusabe David Claude Eghan UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Burundi Ghana Macalester College Luther College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Juliana France Thomas Gawel Methodist University Davidson College Swaziland USA Elizaveta Dyatko Abdul El Mitshu Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College Belarus Libya University of Oklahoma Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Marino Funakoshi Sarah Gerber St. Lawrence University Luther College USA Sweden Michael Eaton Modi Elisa UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Botswana South Sudan Savannah College of Art and Davidson College Design UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Manoj Ghimire Cornell University University of Oklahoma Vitor Fung Nepal Ehab Ebeid Juliette Emmanuel Portugal UWC Costa Rica Egypt Congo UWC South East Asia Westminster College Occidental College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht Tolith Gidaga Cornell University St. Olaf College Yong Yu Veronica Fung South Africa Uhunoma Edamwen Diego Encarnacion Hong Kong Waterford Kamhlaba UWC USA Philippines Li Po Chun UWC Luther College UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Ringling College of Art and Design Lawson Gillespie University of Virginia Vassar College Canada Fred Eduam Munkhsanaa Erdenegerel Gauri Gadkari Pearson College UWC Ghana Mongolia India Gettysburg College UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College St. Olaf College Wartburg College Wellesley College

66 Uniting the World Hannah Gintberg Dees Denmark UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Florida Tomisha Goater Bermuda UWC Costa Rica University of Florida Luz Gomez Spain UWC Maastricht University of Florida Josefina Goncalves Soares Timor-Leste UWC Red Cross Nordic Luther College Pei Gong China UWC Red Cross Nordic Amherst College Howard Gonzalez Navarrete Costa Rica Berno Hamilton, long-standing friend and business associate of Shelby Davis, visited with Davis UWC UWC Mahindra College Scholars at his alma mater, the University of Virginia. Brown University Sofia Gulaid Wael Haider Caetano Hanta-Davis Medha Gopalaswamy USA Palestine USA India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Yale University Lehigh University Harvard College Grinnell College Sahil Gupta Marlyne Hakizimana Marketa Harastova Liat Graf Singapore Burundi Czech Republic Israel UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC University of Michigan St. Olaf College Colorado College Clark University Sibusiso Gwebu Hayk Hakobyan Hayk Harutyunyan Derek Graves Swaziland Armenia Armenia USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Maastricht Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Oklahoma Wartburg College Middlebury College Swarthmore College Namgyal Gyaltshen Karan Hallon Isaac Hatangimana Barrise Griffin Bhutan India Burundi Bahamas Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica Brown University University of Michigan Wartburg College St. Lawrence University Samuel Haddad Arela Haluci Chau Ca Lilit Grigoryan USA Albania Vietnam Armenia UWC-USA UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College University of North Carolina Wellesley College Middlebury College Brown University at Chapel Hill

Florence Hamper Lucas Haugeberg 2018 Class of Kathleen Wenyun Guan Driss Hafdi Norway Norway Canada Morocco UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College University of Oklahoma Columbia University Georgetown University Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Davis United World College Scholars Program 67 GRADUATES IN ACTION Spotlighting the Decline of Coral Reefs She didn’t plan to make a movie . But after Zara Currimjee (Mauritius, UWC Mahindra, Williams ’13) had returned for holidays to the island nation where she grew up snorkeling, fishing, and diving in what she calls “the most beautiful of backyards,” she decided someone should tell the world what was happening to its coral-reef waters . So Zara and a childhood friend, Vanina Havel, made the filmVey nou Lagon: Preserve Our Lagoon. At home in Mauritius, out in the Indian Ocean, “we witnessed ocean degradation through the drastic decline in coral-reef cover and the exponential Zara Currimjee, at right, works with collabora- tor Vanina Havel on their filmVey nou Lagon, increase of algae in our reefs,” Zara and Havel told the Mauritian newspaper Le or Preserve Our Lagoon. Mauricien . “Our marine ecosystems worldwide, and in Mauritius, are at a tipping point .” Having secured funding for their project from National Geographic, the Mauritian embassy to the U .S ., and the Center for Environmental Filmmaking, the two premiered their movie in Mauritius last spring . “The week of the premiere, the film was featured in every local newspaper, on the radio, TV, and magazines,” Zara writes . The movie tells its story through the eyes of a Mauritian fisherman who can no longer support his family as the fish population declines . It has been screened in Mauritian schools, has inspired local volunteer efforts, and was featured at September’s global “Our Ocean” conference in Washington, D C. . Zara is pursuing a master’s degree in international environmental policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey . After Williams, she worked for the Ocean Foundation, then for the nonprofit Oceana in Washington, D .C . There she reconnected with Vanina, and they decided to make a film . “This experience really made me realize that your age doesn’t matter,” Zara writes . “If you have a creative and powerful idea, people will help you .”

Yijiao He Valentina Hidalgo Mendoza Thao Hoang Richard L. Huang China Colombia Vietnam USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Yale University Macalester College Macalester College New York University Alexandra Hemmer Esmeralda Hidimbwasha Amina Hodzic Taja Hudson Netherlands Namibia Bosnia-Herzegovina Bahamas UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar Pearson College UWC St. Olaf College University of Oklahoma Bennington College University of Florida Laura Henderson Wabantu Hlophe Krisztina Hogye Tsz Kin Hui Swaziland Swaziland Hungary Hong Kong Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Maastricht UWC Costa Rica Connecticut College Yale University Bennington College Macalester College Pin Max Heng Yadanar Hnin Aisa Hromadzic Peniel Ibe Singapore Myanmar Bosnia-Herzegovina Nigeria UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC New York University Stanford University University of Florida Earlham College

68 Uniting the World PRESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES

Razan Idris Fatima Jafari USA Afghanistan “In a world that so often attempts to classify individuals UWC-USA UWC-USA Duke University Westminster College by what makes us different, our Davis UWC Scholars Ilya Ilyankou Shreya Jaggi unite their differences in a way that helps the Luther Belarus India UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia community reflect on what we hold in common. The Trinity College University of Pennsylvania Luther mission encourages students to ‘server with Francis Irenge Elio Jahaj Democratic Republic of Albania distinction for the common good.’ The Davis UWC Congo UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Bennington College Scholars on campus inspire us all to embrace our University of Oklahoma Anamika Jain Ricardo A. Irizarry India mission more fully.” USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College New York University PAULA J. CARLSON, PRESIDENT New York University Palak Jain Luther College Sarah Isenberg India USA UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Reed College Earlham College Phillipa James Isaac Jemielita Nina Jovic Nadim Ishak United Kingdom USA Bosnia-Herzegovina United Kingdom UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC-USA University of Florida University of Chicago University of Florida Ringling College of Art and Design Ali Jamoos Emilio Jerez Garcia Aminata Ka Palestine Nicaragua Senegal Mevludin Isic UWC-USA Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Bosnia-Herzegovina University of Florida Kalamazoo College Smith College UWC in Mostar Columbia University Michael Janecek Marcin Jerzewski Mahlet Kabeto Czech Republic Poland Ethiopia Miho Itabashi Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Japan Lake Forest College University of Richmond University of Oklahoma UWC Maastricht Sara Jankovic Macalester College Hantao Jiang Harvey Kadyanji Bosnia-Herzegovina China Tanzania Trisha Iyengar UWC in Mostar UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC India Lake Forest College Luther College Colorado College UWC Mahindra College Amherst College Ishan Jawa Luise Johannes Kirkha Kaharsyah India Namibia Indonesia Ritikaa V. Iyer UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia India Claremont McKenna College Luther College University of Oklahoma UWC South East Asia New York University Arjun Gokul Jaykrishna Antonio Johman Iden Kalemaj India Croatia Albania Razan Jabari UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Adriatic Palestine Northwestern University University of Florida Princeton University

UWC Atlantic College 2018 Class of Middlebury College Ana Jelacic Alviann Jordan Muhammad Zareef Kamal Serbia Barbados Bangladesh Emiline Jacobs UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht USA University of Florida Wartburg College St. Olaf College UWC Atlantic College Gettysburg College

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Aabhusan Khadka Belal Krayem “The Davis UWC Scholars Program has helped to bring Nepal Libya UWC-USA UWC Adriatic to life Duke’s commitment to a global campus Colorado College Luther College community. Being able to attract these outstanding Jauza Khaleel Allen Kudhlande Maldives Zimbabwe students means Duke is enriched every day by the Davis Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC St. Olaf College University of Oklahoma UWC Scholars — enriched by their energy, their Bilal Khan Neel Kumar international perspectives, and the diversity of Pakistan India Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College their life experiences.” Middlebury College Pomona College DaeYong Kim Shobhit Kumar RICHARD BRODHEAD, PRESIDENT South Korea USA Duke University UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Earlham College Princeton University Hyung Soon Kim Rupa Kumari South Korea India UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Christiane Kamariza Joel Katticaran Northwestern University Westminster College Burundi India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Minjee Kim Kyu Bin Kwon Methodist University Grinnell College Singapore Singapore UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Raghav Kapur Brighten Kaufman University of Michigan Brown University India Singapore UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Seong Min Kim Vilayvann Ky Northwestern University Wesleyan University South Korea Cambodia UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Alpcan Karamanoglu Sowinta Kay Brown University Brown University Turkey Cambodia UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic Valeriya Kliutko Nora Kyrkjebo Colorado College Macalester College Belarus Norway UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Saharsha Karki Jephter Kayila University of Florida Vassar College Nepal Tanzania Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Sandra Kluivers Seif Labib Amherst College Methodist University Netherlands Egypt UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic Aklavya Kashyap Hawi Kebede Earlham College Yale University India Ethiopia UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Chompunoot Reem Ladadwa University of Michigan University of Oklahoma Koonrungsesomboon Palestine Thailand UWC-USA Kosamu Kasonso Hana Keegan UWC Red Cross Nordic Smith College Zambia United Kingdom University of Florida Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Erwin Laiho Wartburg College College of the Atlantic Miriam E. Kopp Finland Germany UWC Costa Rica Hannah Kasper Nicole Kempis UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Florida USA Hong Kong Colby College UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Ananda Lalwani University of Pennsylvania Northwestern University Karri Kosonen India Finland UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Brown University University of Florida

70 Uniting the World Lakpa Diki Lama Noniee Ligu Bantu Mabaso Arijit Malik Nepal India Swaziland India UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Methodist University Lake Forest College Bates College Columbia University Valev Laube Fabian O. Lindfield Roberts Bahlakoana Mabetha Yannick Mamudo Estonia United Kingdom Lesotho Mozambique UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Rochester Princeton University Harvard College Northwestern University Nhi Le Alesha Lissanevitch Jo Machesky Tapiwa Manjengwa Vietnam Nepal USA Zimbabwe UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Florida University of Florida Northwestern University Luther College Jung Woo Lee Timothy Liu Felix Madutsa Ashwin Manoj Singapore USA Zimbabwe India UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia University of Michigan University of Virginia Princeton University Princeton University Katrina Nicole Lee Xintong Liu Onward Mahachi Joisie Mantilla Singapore China Zimbabwe Peru UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Brown University Macalester College Luther College University of Florida Sohee Lee Emma Lloyd Sneha Mahapatra Cheahuychou Mao South Korea USA India Cambodia UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College Colby College Brown University Wartburg College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yu Chuan Austin Lee Bright Lole Abdullah Mahdi Taiwan Malawi Iraq Danielle Maoz Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College Israel Duke University Lake Forest College Westminster College UWC-USA Pomona College Songjia Li Gaia Lucia Lopez Barrera Samah Majid China Mexico Bangladesh Ashley Martens UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College Singapore Lake Forest College College of the Atlantic Smith College UWC South East Asia Kenyon College Steven Li Sinhchhinh Lor Julia Makayova USA Cambodia Belarus Martina Martinez Fernandez UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Spain Middlebury College Skidmore College Macalester College UWC Adriatic Connecticut College Yiran Li Rongfei Lu Grace Makhoul China China Syria Karen Martinez Soto UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC Guatemala Northwestern University Dartmouth College Earlham College UWC Atlantic College University of Oklahoma Marco Li Calzi Josua Chad V. Lutian Carlos Malache Uruguay Philippines Ecuador Michelle Marumo UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic USA St. Lawrence University Colby College Williams College UWC Mahindra College

Wartburg College 2018 Class of Shuli Liao Suwanna Mabangklu Phinda Maliba China Thailand Swaziland Hadil Marzouq Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Palestine University of Oklahoma Wartburg College Methodist University UWC Maastricht Bennington College

Davis United World College Scholars Program 71 Yashaswi Mohanty India UWC Mahindra College Colby College Teboho Mohloai Lesotho Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Wartburg College Maarit Monttinen Finland UWC Mahindra College Lake Forest College Nishad More United Kingdom UWC South East Asia New York University Arissa A. Moreno Ruiz Peru UWC-USA Colby College Shelby Davis with Jill Tiefenthaler, president of partner school Colorado College. Laurel Morris Trinidad & Tobago Lisanda Masilela Nonofho Theo Mazunga Slobodan Mentovic UWC Costa Rica Swaziland Botswana Montenegro Luther College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Eli Most The College of Idaho University of Oklahoma Northwestern University USA Sakhile Mathunjwa Timothy McDermott Marko Mestrovic Li Po Chun UWC Swaziland Australia Croatia Grinnell College UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Adham Mousa University of Rochester Trinity College University of Oklahoma Palestine Amirhossein Matoufiazar Nontokozo Mdluli Mario Midence Ordonez UWC Maastricht Iran Swaziland Honduras St. Lawrence University Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Xolo Thulani Msomi Wartburg College Kenyon College University of Florida South Africa Shepherd Matsongoni Rupal Mehta Jeronimo Miranda UWC Mahindra College Zimbabwe India Uruguay Westminster College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Chadia Mugisha University of Oklahoma New York University Colorado College Burundi Barani Maung Maung Nina Melkonyan Mili Mitra Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Myanmar Armenia India The College of Idaho UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Dickens Mugumya Occidental College St. Lawrence University Brown University Uganda Evelyn Mayo Clara Menestrot Dhruv Modi Pearson College UWC USA France India University of Oklahoma UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Charles Mugwagwa Barnard College University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago Zimbabwe Aubrey Thabo Mazibuko Rahul Menon Boitumelo Mogale Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lesotho Singapore Swaziland Luther College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Oklahoma Occidental College The College of Idaho

72 Uniting the World Alexia Muhire Nshuti Mlungisi Ncube Brenda Njoroge Sharon Nyamande Rwanda Zimbabwe Kenya Zimbabwe UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Skidmore College Wartburg College Smith College Luther College Lulwama Mulalu Laetitia Ndiaye Menzi Nkambule Gan-Ochir Nyamdorj Botswana Senegal Swaziland Mongolia UWC Maastricht Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College Bennington College Kalamazoo College Luther College Westminster College Mikayla Murphy Jessika Nebrat Lebogang Nkosi Badanile Nyathi USA USA South Africa Zimbabwe UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Massachusetts Institute of Harvard College The College of Idaho Methodist University Technology Aaliyah Nedd Andreas Noer Noah Oberman Aphra Murray USA Norway Netherlands United Kingdom UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht University of Florida University of Florida New York University Gettysburg College Stephanie Ng Taishi Nojima Kiera O’Brien Kudakwashe Mushaike Hong Kong Japan USA Zimbabwe Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Colby College Yale University College of the Atlantic Pomona College Anh Thy Thi Nguyen Ahmad Farid Noori Daniela Olmos Avalrez Amukelani Muyanga Vietnam Afghanistan Venezuela South Africa UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia St. John’s College Middlebury College Lake Forest College University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Laila Nielsen Beni Ntakirutimana Olasubomi Olusegun-Lartey Greenland Burundi Nigeria Angella Mwangale Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Kenya Hood College Wartburg College University of Richmond Waterford Kamhlaba UWC The College of Idaho Francine Nihozeko Frank Ntwari Oluwasegunfunmi Oluyinka Burundi Burundi Nigeria Miza Mwanza Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Zambia St. Lawrence University Wartburg College University of Rochester Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Borjana Nikolic Marlene Nuart Kuenzang Om St. Lawrence University Bosnia-Herzegovina Austria Bhutan Kenta Nakagawa UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC Japan St. Lawrence University College of the Atlantic Whitman College Pearson College UWC Brown University Yi Ning Asha Nurse Shaden Omar China Barbados Jordan Pema Namgyal UWC-USA UWC-USA UWC Maastricht Tibet Smith College The College of Idaho Methodist University UWC Mahindra College Lake Forest College Daishiro Nishida Onyemauchechukwu Justice Wyclife Omondi Japan Nwigwe Kenya Barbara Namulwana UWC Atlantic College Nigeria UWC South East Asia Uganda Williams College UWC-USA Earlham College Class of 2015 Class

UWC Adriatic St. Olaf College 2018 Class of University of Oklahoma Yedan Niu Hansen Ong China Ferdinand Nyabenda United Kingdom Treya Nash UWC-USA Burundi UWC Maastricht United Kingdom University of Florida Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Northwestern University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC The College of Idaho University of Florida

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Iago Patino Lopez Giovanni Pittalis “As our world becomes more and more connected, and Spain Italy UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College as the distances between nations and peoples seem to University of Florida Brown University shrink, it is ever more important that we create sites for Martha Patouris Parker Place Swaziland USA learning that reflect our new global age. The Davis UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Ringling College of Art and University of North Carolina at Scholars Program allows Bennington College to be one of Design Chapel Hill those sites —a space where debate and collaboration Bengisu Pay Robin Pocornie Turkey Netherlands can happen in ways that prepare students, wherever UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica Duke University St. Lawrence University they are from, for a future in which a sort of global Ivor Pekaric Rhea Pokorny Bosnia-Herzegovina USA fluency will be necessary to ensure their success.” UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar University of Rochester Stanford University MARIKO SILVER, PRESIDENT Hoang Pham Calvin Pratama Bennington College Vietnam Indonesia Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Colorado College Earlham College Lan Anh Pham Marija Primorac Vietnam Croatia UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Mathilde Ooi Pinja Paivinen Brown University University of Oklahoma Malaysia Finland UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Ritika Philip Zoe Proegler Duke University St. Lawrence University India USA UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Shir Orner Mwayi Pankuku University of Pennsylvania University of Michigan Israel Malawi UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College Praise Phiri Camila Puig Ibarra College of the Atlantic Luther College Zambia Mexico UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College Mikaela Osler Padya Paramita Methodist University Barnard College USA Bangladesh UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Naing Thant Phyo Abdulwahhab Qader Stanford University Wellesley College Myanmar Iraq UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC Rahma Osman Richa Parande Middlebury College Methodist University Netherlands India UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia Jairo Andres Pineros Liberato Lutfe-E-Noor Rahman University of Oklahoma Tufts University Colombia Bangladesh UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Caihua Ouyang Yui Kyung Park Colorado College Macalester College China South Korea UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Yula Pinto Rhea Rajan Lewis & Clark College Dartmouth College Swaziland India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Innocent Owuor Arnav Patel Lake Forest College St. Olaf College Kenya India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Ileana Pirozzi Shaibyaa Rajbhandari St. Lawrence University Bowdoin College Italy Nepal UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Brown University Cornell University

74 Uniting the World UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION A Syrian Speaks Up for Refugees

The last time Farah AlHaddad (UWC-USA, Macalester ’17) was permitted to travel home to Syria was in 2012, between her two years at UWC . Her parents now live in Jordan — and during her sophomore and junior years at Macalester, Farah organized workshops at the college’s International Round Table program on the experiences of refugees and refugee- camp living . American fellow students often seem hesitant to ask her about Syria . “They’re worried about how that might make me feel,” she says . So she often starts those conversations . “I like to challenge people’s assumptions about what they see on the news, to invite people to see it from different perspectives . I try to bring the focus back to what’s happening in Syria now — Farah AlHaddad and I invite myself and others to think about the privilege of being here .” Farah serves on the Syria UWC National Committee; she gathered stories from refugees for an asylum program in Minneapolis; and she volunteered with the Dutch Refugee Council during a semester abroad . On campus, she has organized and led a number of presentations about Syria and the struggle of refugees around the world, which she considers an urgent crisis of our time . She also organized a student committee that advocated this year for enabling more displaced young people to study at Macalester . “I have to start somewhere, so I often start with my own community,” she says . She hopes one day to work in the asylum and immigration field, or in broader public policy — but just as for so many other Syrians, she’s unsure what the future holds . At this writing, the day of Farah’s college graduation was also the day her U .S . visa was due to expire .

Tanjon’ny Rakotoarisoa Miary Rasoanaivo Nathanael Rehmeyer Lorena Rincon Rebon Madagascar Madagascar USA Venezuela Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA St. Lawrence University Skidmore College Skidmore College The College of Idaho Emad Ramadan Shayaan Rasul David John Reyes Carlin Ring Palestine Pakistan Philippines USA UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA University of Oklahoma University of Virginia Ringling College of Art and Mount Holyoke College Design Adela Ramovic Zak Rawle Milena Rmus Bosnia-Herzegovina United Kingdom Jose Reyes Facio Montenegro UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica Mexico UWC in Mostar Colby College Bard College UWC Costa Rica Brown University Lake Forest College Uros Randelovic Una Regoje Selena Rocha

Serbia Bosnia-Herzegovina Corinne Riley Nicaragua 2018 Class of UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC USA UWC Costa Rica Brandeis University Hood College UWC Atlantic College Methodist University University of Chicago

Davis United World College Scholars Program 75 Jose Rocha Rocha Marie Sauze Yiran Shan Isidora Simeunovic Chile France China Serbia UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Brown University Luther College University of Rochester Westminster College Alba Rodriguez Padilla Giorgio Savini Zangrandi Nkosilathi Matthew Shangwa Tesfahunegn Sina Spain Italy Zimbabwe Ethiopia Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic College of the Atlantic Brown University Princeton University Skidmore College Orhan Roksa Lusitania Savio Dos Reis Anushikha Sharma Priyanjali Sinha Bosnia-Herzegovina Timor-Leste India India UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College University of Oklahoma Westminster College Bucknell University Middlebury College Reza Roudbari Sophie Schwechheimer Sima Sharma Ellen Sithebe Iran Germany USA Swaziland UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Methodist University University of Oklahoma Washington and Lee University Harvard College Camila Ruiz Segovia Campbell Scott Abhijat Shekawat Almedin Smajlovic Mexico United Kingdom India Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Brown University Savannah College of Art and Northwestern University Lake Forest College Design Amin Sabet Yondeen Sherpa Anton Smilsky Egypt Tholoana Seetsa Nepal Ukraine UWC Maastricht Lesotho UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Macalester College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Yale University University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Thabo Samakhoana Zheng Shi Rashan Smith Lesotho Bonang Seoela China Bahamas Li Po Chun UWC Lesotho UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica Brown University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Brown University Skidmore The College of Idaho Ana Sanchez Chico Nidhi Shilotri Milagros Solanilla Spain Joschua Setiawan India Panama UWC South East Asia Indonesia UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Middlebury College UWC Maastricht University of Pennsylvania Ringling College of Art and Luther College Design William Sandlund Themba Shongwe USA Avthar Sewrathan Swaziland Ana S. Solis Canales UWC South East Asia South Africa UWC-USA Nicaragua Dartmouth College UWC Costa Rica Skidmore College UWC Costa Rica Princeton University Colby College Joana Santos Bukiwe Sihlongonyane Portugal Eyuel Seyoum Swaziland Matthew Solomon UWC Mahindra College Ethiopia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC USA Bennington College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Dartmouth College UWC Maastricht Bucknell University University of Oklahoma Tatyana Saranina Bachazile Sikhondze Russia Kavya Shah Swaziland Pramod Sonea UWC Atlantic College India UWC Red Cross Nordic Mauritius Luther College UWC Maastricht University of Oklahoma UWC Mahindra College Grinnell College Ringling College of Art and Srinidhi Satish Aura Silva Martinez Design India Rihani J. Shah Mexico UWC Mahindra College India Pearson College UWC Sibel Spahija St. Olaf College UWC South East Asia College of the Atlantic Kosovo New York University UWC Adriatic University of Rochester

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Noura Srour Mihir Swaaroop Senegal India “It is with appreciation that we welcome each new class UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Colby College Northwestern University of UWC graduates to Macalester, knowing they bring a Ruth St Fleur Kelebogile Swartland refined global perspective and an eagerness to be Haiti Botswana Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica engaged in their education and in the world around Brown University University of Oklahoma them. Each year, I am impressed, although not surprised, Paul Stainier Kendra Sy USA Philippines that these scholars continue to push themselves, often UWC Mahindra College UWC Maastricht Harvard College University of Oklahoma becoming leaders here at Macalester and volunteering Kathelijne Steens Zakir Tahiry Netherlands Afghanistan their services within the Twin Cities community at large. UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC Wellesley College Brown University The dedication that is a hallmark of the Davis UWC Mojmir Stehlik Malakia Takane Scholars shapes our community in immeasurable ways, Slovakia Lesotho UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC enriching the lives and education Yale University St. Lawrence University Katalin Stupek Haruna Takeda of all students at Macalester.” Hungary Japan UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College BRIAN C. ROSENBERG, PRESIDENT Agnes Scott College Middlebury College Macalester College Musa Sukati Mohamad Hisyam Swaziland bin Takiudin Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Malaysia University of Oklahoma UWC Atlantic College Brown University Yashil Sukurdeep Vireak They Margherita Tommasini Mauritius Eunhee Tark Cambodia Italy UWC Maastricht South Korea UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Brown University UWC Mahindra College University of Oklahoma College of the Atlantic University of Oklahoma Chhaileang Sun Sharanya Yarinsy Torres Cambodia Doha Tazi Hemida Thirugnanasambhandan Costa Rica UWC-USA Morocco Singapore UWC Costa Rica Lewis & Clark College UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Wartburg College Barnard College University of North Carolina at Blessed Sungisai Chapel Hill Filip Torstensson Zimbabwe Lea-Tereza Tenekedjieva Sweden Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Bulgaria Mei-Li Thompson UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Oklahoma UWC-USA Australia University of Florida Stanford University UWC South East Asia Kanishka Suwal University of Pennsylvania Thuy Duong Tran Thi Nepal Dominque Teoh Vietnam UWC Mahindra College Malaysia Marta Tizazu Pearson College UWC Bucknell University UWC Adriatic Ethiopia Skidmore College

Northwestern University Pearson College UWC 2018 Class of Maja Susanna Svanberg Methodist University Anh Trinh Sweden Shelja Thakur Vietnam UWC Red Cross Nordic India Verena Toh UWC Costa Rica Wellesley College UWC Red Cross Nordic Singapore Duke University Luther College UWC South East Asia New York University

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Ajsa Udovcic Michelle Velasco Alba “For 16 years, the Davis UWC Scholars have enriched the Bosnia-Herzegovina Venezuela UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Middlebury campus with their leadership, dedication, Bennington College University of Oklahoma and wide-ranging worldviews. They are essential to our Hangkun Ung Jose Velastegui Cobo Cambodia Ecuador diverse and inclusive college community. UWC Adriatic UWC Maastricht Brown University Luther College They come to Middlebury as ambassadors of the world, Aiste Vaitkeviciute Emily Venturi Lithuania Italy bringing with them a diversity of experience. And when UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Colby College University of North Carolina at they leave, they go out into the world and continue as Chapel Hill Liana Valieva ambassadors for understanding, human dignity, and Russia Mikayla Vieira Ribeiro UWC Red Cross Nordic USA service. The Davis UWC Scholars Program is a profound University of Florida UWC Maastricht Amherst College Suze Fumin van de Ven example of student funding with purpose. Netherlands Rehaan Vij UWC Maastricht India It demonstrates what can be achieved when vision Ringling College of Art and UWC South East Asia Design Williams College and goals are aligned.” Shanina van Gent Megha Viswanathan Netherlands LAURIE L. PATTON, PRESIDENT India UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College Middlebury College Bates College Lewis & Clark College Eline Van Wingerden Anh Vo Netherlands Vietnam UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College University of Florida Brown University Leonardo Trujillo Tenzin Tsephel Venezuela Tibet Hanna Varga Valerie Volkova UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College Hungary Russia The College of Idaho Luther College UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Lewis & Clark College University of Florida Lungelo Tsabedze Nicolae Turcan Swaziland Moldova Maria Vargas Aguilar Sena Voncujovi UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Guatemala Ghana St. John’s College University of Oklahoma UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Bennington College Middlebury College Natalie Tsang Aybike Turk USA Turkey Aditi Varshneya Filip Vrjlic UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC India Croatia Brown University University of Oklahoma UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar New York University University of Oklahoma Ellie Tse Natasha Turyasingura China Uganda Amelie-Sophie Vavrovsky Lushik Wahba Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Austria Egypt School of the Art Institute of St. Lawrence University UWC-USA UWC in Mostar Chicago Brown University Bennington College Chidubem Udeoji Wan Tat Abraham Tse Nigeria Jennifer Vazconcelo Lisa Wambui Wainaina Hong Kong UWC Atlantic College Costa Rica Kenya UWC South East Asia Skidmore College UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College Wesleyan University Methodist University New York University

78 Uniting the World Rachel Walker Zhanfei Xu USA China UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica University of Florida Wartburg College Bingyi Wang Mo Yang China Swaziland UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Williams College Wartburg College Tao Wang Cheragh Yazdani China Afghanistan UWC Atlantic College UWC Maastricht Middlebury College Luther College Xuanyao Wang Liza Yeager China USA UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar Ringling College of Art and Brown University Design Pat Kirby, one of the program’s senior advisors, visiting with Luis Yepes scholars at Grinnell College. Zhonglun Wang Colombia China UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Bennington College Union College Xin Zhong Irine Abele Chung Yeun Yeung China South Sudan Hong Kong Serena Waters UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC USA Mount Holyoke College Methodist University UWC-USA Swarthmore College University of Richmond Weitao Zhu Oluwatoniloba Abiru Joohyun Yoon China Nigeria South Korea Spencer Watson UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia USA Williams College Franklin & Marshall College UWC in Mostar New York University Middlebury College Teo Zoric Jessica Abramson Makiko Yoshida Bosnia-Herzegovina USA Japan Adrian Constantin Wedekind UWC in Mostar UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College Germany University of Florida Wellesley College UWC Atlantic College College of the Atlantic Brown University Duma Junior Zwane Neveen Abuelula Elif Yurtseven Swaziland Saudi Arabia Italy Maya Woser Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic United Kingdom Lake Forest College Westminster College UWC Mahindra College St. Olaf College Middlebury College Silindzile Zwane Naomi Adams Haimeng Zhang Lesotho Barbados China Mengyuan Wu UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar China Lake Forest College Gettysburg College UWC South East Asia Macalester College Brandeis University Nothando Adu-Gyamfi Shifan Zhang Class of 2019 South Africa China Jing Xie Pearson College UWC UWC Maastricht China Brown University UWC Mahindra College Earlham College Muhammad Nabihan bin Abdul Rahman Princeton University Shefali Agarwal 2019 Class of Otto Zhen Malaysia India USA Zhongliang Xing Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia UWC-USA China University of Oklahoma Cornell University UWC-USA Stanford University University of Oklahoma

Davis United World College Scholars Program 79 GRADUATES IN ACTION Sharing Today’s Art and Music of Mexico After she won Vassar’s Weitzel-Barber Travel Art Prize, Maria Emilia Fernandez ’13 (Mexico, Mahindra UWC) spent two months visiting over 30 contemporary-art museums and galleries in Brazil and Argentina . She’s now a communications assistant at kurimanzutto, a noted gallery in Mexico City . “I get to work firsthand with artists I admire, writing press releases and wall texts for the show . It’s an open dialogue that combines knowledge of their work with crafting a simple text that conveys their thoughts and intentions to the viewer,” Maria Emilia writes . “This year I also started giving public tours for each exhibition at the gallery, and I’m the gallery’s social-media manager .” Maria Emilia Fernandez Together with her father, José Enrique Fernández, Maria Emilia cohosts Covertitlan, a radio show at Horizonte 107 .9 FM that is dedicated to cover versions of world music . “My dad has been doing radio for many years, and invited me to join him in a new show when I moved back to Mexico,” she explains . “It is one of my weekly highlights, an opportunity to learn about all kinds of music and a chance to share that with my dad .” Maria Emilia donates several hours each week to lead tours at the Museo Jumex, a contemporary-art museum in the city; and she volunteers with the UWC Mexican National Committee, helping select new scholarship recipients . She hopes to earn a master’s degree in arts education, then “to apply what I learn in Mexican museums and institutions . I’m still realizing how much I learned at Mahindra and Vassar, and I’m truly grateful for the opportunities I’ve had .”

Kadek Ayu Vergianti Agustini Hanna Akerlund Isrrael Alfonzo Leon Jumana Almukhtar Indonesia Finland Venezuela Bahrain UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Macalester College University of Florida Wartburg College Savannah College of Art and Design Mahmoud Ahmed Ahd Yaseen Al Tamimi Salamu Ali Brahim Sudan Yemen Algeria Wed Al-Nod UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC Maastricht Yemen Lewis & Clark College Methodist University Luther College UWC Atlantic College St. Olaf College Shabab Ahmed Abedalqader Al Zeghari Awss Al-Janabi Bangladesh Jordan Iraq Mohnnad Alshalalda UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Maastricht Palestine Colby College University of Oklahoma St. John’s College UWC Maastricht Methodist University Zahrrah Ahmed Oluwatamilore Alabi Mohammed Aljardat Canada Nigeria Palestine Dina Al-Zu’Bi UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Jordan Middlebury College University of Oklahoma Luther College UWC Adriatic Wellesley College Shane Ah-Siong Daria Alekseeva Nouf Al-Masrafi Mauritania Russia Yemen Daniella Amsterdamer Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar United Kingdom University of Florida St. Lawrence University St. Olaf College UWC Maastricht Methodist University

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Frida Andersen Caroline Ayala Denmark USA “In the classroom as well as in cocurricular activities, UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA University of Florida University of California Berkeley our Davis UWC Scholars are natural leaders who Blake Anderson Pyone Aye contribute to the diverse and globally engaged campus USA New Zealand UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC community at Smith College. Their energizing presence University of Chicago Middlebury College and international perspectives create a richer learning Chaina Ang Mona Ayoub Cambodia Lebanon environment for all Smith students.” UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic Brown University College of the Atlantic KATHLEEN MCCARTNEY, PRESIDENT Nilza Angmo Muhammad Ikmal Azman Smith College India Malaysia UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA St. Lawrence University Bucknell University Alya Ansari Hannah India Baackman-Friedlaender Dragoslava Barzut Leslie-Anne Bernard UWC South East Asia USA Bosnia-Herzegovina Jamaica Macalester College UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Brown University Wartburg College Bates College David Antonio Gonzalez Salgado Mohammed Babeker Yasaman Bashir Lydia Bernard-Jones Honduras Sudan Afghanistan Sierra Leone UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic UWC Maastricht Colorado College Middlebury College Methodist University Skidmore College Dunim Ariunbold Aslan Bakri Sophonie Basquin Ilhana Besic Mongolia USA Haiti Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Wartburg College University of Rochester University of Oklahoma Ringling College of Art and Design Ahaan Arora Brammika Balamurugan Alfredo Becerril Corral India Sri Lanka Mexico Robert Bettinger UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Austria University of Pennsylvania Westminster College University of Oklahoma UWC-USA Pitzer College Carlos Arriaga Serrano Ashley Bang Mirza Becevic Spain USA Bosnia-Herzegovina Ashenafi Beyene UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Ethiopia St. Lawrence University Brown University Bennington College UWC Mahindra College Luther College Malavika Arun Justinas Banys Alok Beeharry India Lithuania Mauritius Vinaya Bharam UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College India Lewis & Clark College Williams College Brown University UWC Maastricht Lewis & Clark College Alexander Asante Fabian Barrett Yeabsira Bekele Ghana United Kingdom Ethiopia Shreya Bhasin UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College USA

Princeton University Harvard College Luther College UWC South East Asia 2019 Class of University of Rochester Amalie Ausland-Bjerkely Ayse Barutcu Michael Bengah Norway United Kingdom Sierra Leone Rohan Bhat UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic India Lake Forest College Harvard College University of Oklahoma UWC Mahindra College Bates College

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Ritwika Bose Beatriz Cabrita “Our ongoing partnership with the Davis United World India Portugal UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC College Scholars Program has provided us with dynamic, University of Richmond Yale University thoughtful students who bring their entrepreneurial and Wezi Bota Miljana Cadenovic Zambia Montenegro leadership abilities to campus. In combination with Clark Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar St. Lawrence University Brown University University’s focus on liberal education and effective Derya Botsali Anna Louise Canning practice (LEEP), their wide-ranging educational Turkey Campbell UWC in Mostar USA experiences and international diversity add to the Lake Forest College Pearson College UWC Georgetown University Becca Brown dialogue and collaboration among students, professors, USA Edan Canning UWC Atlantic College Israel and alumni that allow undergraduates to excel and Middlebury College UWC-USA University of Florida prepare them to meet ambitious career and life goals. Irvin Brown Bahamas Yutian Cao We enthusiastically look forward to the next group of UWC-USA China The College of Idaho UWC Atlantic College New York University passionate UWC Scholars who will make their mark on Molly Brown USA Brahm Capoor our university and the world.” UWC Costa Rica India Lewis & Clark College UWC South East Asia DAVIS P. ANGEL, PRESIDENT Stanford University Clark University Diona Budima Kosovo Patricia Carceller Suarez UWC Adriatic Spain Macalester College UWC Maastricht University of Florida Bianca-Elena Bunoiu Ayla Bhattal Oluwanifemi Bolatimi Romania Mariana Cardozo Singapore Nigeria UWC Red Cross Nordic Spain UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Kenyon College UWC Maastricht Middlebury College Lewis & Clark College Bennington College Vidar Buset Gurmehar Bhullar Thomas Boreman Norway Nicholas Carey India Belgium UWC-USA USA UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht University of Florida Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Colgate University Westminster College Harvard College Brian Butler Nik Fatin Irdhina Samantha Borje USA Gabriela Carrillo Chacon Binti Nik Harith Hong Kong UWC-USA Costa Rica Malaysia Li Po Chun UWC Gettysburg College UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College Pomona College Earlham College Dartmouth College Odbayar Buyantogtokh Andrey Borokhovich Mongolia Gabriela Castro Castro Andrea Blobel Perez Russia UWC Atlantic College USA Chile UWC Atlantic College Wartburg College UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC Earlham College Barnard College Lewis & Clark College Joyness Byarugaba Arnold Boros Tanzania Prince Chabveka Sergely Steephen Bokouende Hungary Pearson College UWC Zimbabwe Congo UWC Red Cross Nordic Lewis & Clark College Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Lake Forest College Pitzer College Lewis & Clark College

82 Uniting the World Kapambwe Chalwe Zambia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Rochester Neeraj Chandrasekar India UWC South East Asia University of Pennsylvania Keva Chang Jamaica Li Po Chun UWC Bard College Xiao Chang China UWC Adriatic Whitman College Meybis Chavarria Panama Pearson College UWC Ringling College of Art and Franklin & Marshall UWC Scholars (left to right)Toni (Oluwatoniloba) Abiru ’19, Kayleigh Hughes ’20, Design Hormuz Masani ’10, Yousra Chaabane ’19 Samarth Chawla India UWC South East Asia Parth Chhabra Hanne-Marie Christensen Adam Crittenden Claremont McKenna College India Greenland USA UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Kim Serey Vuth Chea Columbia University Hood College Northwestern University Cambodia UWC South East Asia Tapiwa Chikungwa Jongwon Chung Ruaidhri Crofton University of Oklahoma Zimbabwe South Korea USA UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar David Chem Kalamazoo College University of Chicago Brandeis University Cambodia UWC South East Asia Tehillah Chinunga Rebecca Cleveland-Stout Cuauhtemoc Cruz Herrera University of Oklahoma Malawi USA Mexico UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA Canghao Chen Methodist University Harvard College Macalester College China UWC-USA Tiwonge Chirwa Jessica Collins Maksymilian Dabkowski Harvard College Malawi United Kingdom Poland Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Janice Chen Luther College Northwestern University Brown University Canada Pearson College UWC Fernando Chivela Nishmed Cota Lucero Mailys Dagan Dartmouth College Angola Mexico France Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht Lan Chen Methodist University University of Rochester Denison University China UWC Atlantic College Ayush Choudhary Heather Cox Garima Dahiya India Zimbabwe India

Stanford University 2019 Class of UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Yuehan Chen Tufts University Middlebury College Colby College China UWC-USA Cornell University

Davis United World College Scholars Program 83 UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION A Young Egyptian “Empowers and Inspires”

Last August, the University of Oklahoma named Lamis Adel Mohammed Sayed Ahmed ’18 (Egypt, Red Cross Nordic UWC) one of the “20 Sooner Women Who Empower and Inspire ”. Much of Lamis’s impact on campus has come through her work on disability inclusion and awareness . Last fall she was elected vice president of a student organization that advocates for students with disabilities, and that has pressed for accessibility improvements . Lamis, who is hearing-impaired, has worked with faculty members to add information sessions on the rights of students with disabilities to the orientation program for new international students . She has also served as a teaching assistant in Arabic and as a tutor with the Arabic Flagship Program, through which students can build Lamis Adel Mohammed Sayed Ahmed advanced language skills while pursuing degrees in other majors . “Her involvement with cocurricular activities for the Flagship Program has helped make Arabic classes and the Arabic language community at OU more accessible to beginner-level students,” the university says . Lamis volunteers to mentor other UWC graduates at OU . “I always try to encourage them to join clubs and organizations on campus,” she says . She also helps to run the Facebook page of Egypt’s UWC Committee . And if young Egyptian women or their parents have questions or concerns about the UWC experience, Lamis and her father make themselves available to talk . “When the national committee finds a worried father, or female students who need somebody to talk to their fathers,” Lamis says, “they give them my dad’s phone number .”

Malvika Dahiya Abigail de Rancourt de Bryan Diaz Toan Doan Singapore Mimerand USA Vietnam UWC South East Asia France UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Cornell University UWC Maastricht St. Olaf College Macalester College Macalester College Tiwalade Dairo Lomthandazo Dlamini Buzurgmehr Dodkhudoev Nigeria Fabio de Silva Soares Swaziland Tajikistan UWC Costa Rica Brazil Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Pearson College UWC University of Rochester UWC South East Asia University of Oklahoma Lewis & Clark College Carleton College Javier De Anda Cordero Thandolwethu Dlamini Belce Dogru Mexico Sage deBrum Swaziland Turkey UWC-USA Marshall Islands Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC University of Richmond UWC-USA Duke University Stanford University Luther College Rita de Medeiros Sexas Vela Dlamini Yangchen Dolkar Portugal Nikeet Dharia Swaziland Bhutan UWC Adriatic USA UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic Ringling College of Art and UWC Adriatic Westminster College Brown University Design New York University

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Ceren Dolma Ismail Ombo Michael Dumutu Turkey South Sudan “Skidmore College is today a more globally diverse UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic Macalester College University of Oklahoma community than at any point in the college’s history. Kamilla Donjan Hana Duracic The success of Davis UWC Scholars at Skidmore has Hungary Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar helped us recruit and retain more students from around Bates College University of Rochester the United States and the world, students interested in Sherab Dorji Cinthia Duran Larrea Bhutan Ecuador living and learning with an internationally engaged UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic Brown University Skidmore College student body.” Thupten Dorji Malika Dwarka India Mauritius PHILIP A. GLOTZBACH, PRESIDENT UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Skidmore College University of Oklahoma New York University Anatol Doroskevic Mirza Dzanan Czech Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Maastricht UWC-USA Kenyon College Earlham College

JeanClaude Dorsainvil-White Thulith Edirisinghe Guy Elisha Bronwen Evans USA Sri Lanka Israel South Africa UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of California Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of University of Oklahoma Earlham College Technology Leticia Augusta Dos Santos Khaled A. Eltokhy Charlotte Evans Ferreira Basak Edizgil Egypt USA Timor-Leste Turkey UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia Colby College Dartmouth College Westminster College St. Lawrence University Arista Engineer Nouha Ezouhri Stephen Dowdy Nwakoso Edozien India France USA Germany UWC Mahindra College UWC Maastricht UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College Lewis & Clark College Lake Forest College College of the Atlantic Cornell University Killaq Enuaraq-Strauss Cani Fajak Sara Drango Anthony Efoli Canada Sudan Macedonia Nigeria Pearson College UWC UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Pearson College UWC University of Florida Methodist University University of Chicago University of Oklahoma Amy Erving Vala Fatah Martin Drop Fouad El Hamdouni Canada Italy Norway Morocco UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic College of the Atlantic Brown University New York University Macalester College Tina Esmail Wardah Fatima Sandile Dube Mehdi El Khalid Denmark Pakistan Swaziland France UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Macalester College College of the Atlantic

Dartmouth College University of Rochester 2019 Class of Veronica Estudillo Velasco Dahao Feng Venus Dulani Aida El Kohen Mexico Costa Rica Hong Kong Morocco UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Middlebury College Colorado College Cornell University Wellesley College

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Julia Fleming-Dresser Ivan Fernandez Garces “Global citizenship, defined as placing one’s identity USA Spain UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College within the community of humankind that transcends all Yale University Savannah College of Art and Design geographic and political boundaries, is one of the core Ramiro Flores Diaz Chile Zachary Giesler values we seek to instill in our students. Perhaps no UWC-USA USA Earlham College UWC in Mostar Columbia University other student cohort exemplifies this quality more than Andrea Fontana Italy T’Kia Gill our St. Lawrence Davis UWC Scholars, who not only bring Pearson College UWC Trinidad & Tobago College of the Atlantic UWC Maastricht abundant intellectual curiosity and international University of Florida Josephine Foong perspectives to course discussions and academic work Malaysia Adriana Giorgis UWC Atlantic College Italy across the disciplines, but who also take on leadership University of Rochester UWC Atlantic College University of Virginia roles in virtually every aspect of cocurricular life on Isabella Forsberg Barbados Samson Gizaw campus. For over a decade, from our classrooms to our UWC Atlantic College Ethiopia Gettysburg College UWC Red Cross Nordic Methodist University student organizations to our residence halls, the Davis Genesis Fukunaga Luna Victoria Djordje Gluhovic UWC Scholars have been making an indelible impact on Peru Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar St. Lawrence University, informing and enriching the St. Olaf College University of Florida outlook and experience of our faculty, staff, and Inas Gacanin Anamaria Golemac Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia students. We are profoundly grateful for their presence UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Bennington College Skidmore College at St. Lawrence and for the continued opportunity to Tyleisha Galbraith Juan Sebastian Cayman Islands Gonzalez Martinez participate in the program.” Pearson College UWC Colombia University of Florida UWC Costa Rica WILLIAM L. FOX, PRESIDENT St. Lawrence University St. Lawrence University Anela Galic Croatia Ramesh Gore UWC in Mostar India Macalester College UWC Costa Rica Luther College Mkhanyisi G. Gamedze Gabriel Ferreras Floor Fiers Swaziland Mateo Gospic Argentina Netherlands Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Bosnia-Herzegovina Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Colby College UWC in Mostar Bennington College St. Lawrence University Colorado College Smirthy Ganesan Eden Feru Anastasia Filimontseva India Shimpei Goto Ethiopia Russia UWC Mahindra College Japan Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Earlham College UWC-USA Westminster College New York University Lewis & Clark College Yunshan Gao Daniel Fichmann Giulia Filocca China Nejra Gradjan Saint Kitts & Nevis Italy UWC Maastricht Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia University of Michigan UWC in Mostar Bates College Williams College Lewis & Clark College

86 Uniting the World Julia Granillo Tostado Nyasha Gutu Christian Henriquez Alas Emina Ema Ibisevic Mexico Zimbabwe El Salvador Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar Bennington College Methodist University Lake Forest College Lewis & Clark College Amar Granulo Elvin Gwayi Melania Hidalgo Idinmachukwu Ilodibe Bosnia-Herzegovina Malawi USA Nigeria UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Hood College University of Oklahoma Northwestern University University of Oklahoma Hannah Grosberg Camelia Hajji Philani Hlanze Sibia Inay Ortega Trinidad & Tobago Morocco Swaziland Guatemala UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Pearson College UWC Trinity College New York University University of Oklahoma College of the Atlantic Carlos Grosch Mendes Jean Hakizimana Yan Yee Gretal Ho Morgan Ingenthron Venezuela Rwanda Hong Kong USA UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic UWC-USA St. Olaf College Wartburg College Brown University Middlebury College Jianju Gu Mira Hambardzumyan Ivan Hofman Teresa Irigoyen-Lopez China Armenia Mexico Spain UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Lake Forest College Bennington College Brown University Princeton University Jem Guhit Ismail Hamid Kylah Holmes Ian Ishmael Irungu Philippines Maldives Mozambique Kenya UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Westminster College Luther College St. Lawrence University Yale University Nkanyeziyokusa Gumpo Damian Hammond Zachary Hourihane Ridwaan Ismail Zimbabwe Portugal Ireland South Africa UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Florida Skidmore College Sarah Lawrence College Lake Forest College Madhulika Gupta Mikita Hanets Min-Hung Hsu Oxie Itoua Singapore Belarus Taiwan Congo UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht Tufts University Lewis & Clark College New York University Methodist University Meghna Gupta Yamikani Hapaguti May Htet Obinna Iwuji Singapore Zimbabwe Myanmar Nigeria UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Scripps College Methodist University Swarthmore College St. Olaf College Anant Gururaj Zoe Harrington Yaojie Hu Katherine Jacobsen India Germany China USA UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica Northwestern University Lewis & Clark College Luther College Vassar College Olga Gutan Shuchismita Hassan Zijing (Sherry) Huang Aditya Jain Moldova Bangladesh China India Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Lake Forest College Skidmore College Duke University Northwestern University

Geovania Guterres Ornai Hannah He Mohamed Humed Mohamed Sakib Jamal 2019 Class of Timor-Leste Australia Eritrea Bangladesh UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC St. Lawrence University Brown University Luther College Cornell University

Davis United World College Scholars Program 87 Mumbi Kanyogo Kenya Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Duke University Miran Kapor Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC in Mostar Wartburg College Sahana Karthik Singapore UWC South East Asia Tufts University Gizella Kaszti Hungary UWC Maastricht Lewis & Clark College Ravina Kate India UWC Mahindra College Westminster College Tanaka Kawondera Zimbabwe Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Oklahoma Jon Lund, Davis UWC Scholar liaison at Luther College, with some of his many scholars. Meng Puthyda Keath Cambodia Maria Denisse Aman Reddy Kakani UWC South East Asia Nazario Jap Dos Santos Jimenez Malespin India Lewis & Clark College Timor-Leste Nicaragua UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Connor Keefe UWC Costa Rica Lehigh University Luther College USA St. Lawrence University Shreya Kakarla UWC Adriatic Sara Jarrar Caroline Jones India University of Florida Palestine USA UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Joanna L. Keel UWC-USA University of Chicago Middlebury College United Kingdom Brown University Pavan Kalidindi Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Viraaj Jayaram Emily Jones Australia Colby College India USA UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Andualem Kelbessa UWC Atlantic College Swarthmore College University of Chicago Ethiopia Brown University Gabriela Maria Kalla UWC Costa Rica Meerabelle Jesuthasan Josefine Just Poland Dartmouth College Malaysia Austria UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Alexander Kellogg UWC-USA Lewis & Clark College University of Pennsylvania USA Colby College Adityajit Kang UWC-USA Hongyi Jiang Nizar Kaddouri India University of North Carolina at China Morocco UWC Mahindra College Chapel Hill UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Bennington College Lewis & Clark College Apoorva Khadilkar Colby College Ankitha Kannad India Sabina Jiang Elvis Kahric India UWC Maastricht China Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Mahindra College University of Rochester UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Bryn Mawr College Middlebury College Methodist University

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Hamed Khalili Karan Kochhar Iran India “In these divisive times, it is heartening to see students UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia Methodist University New York University whose educational background has prepared them so Bhavani Khemka Ina Koekemoer well to integrate into a diverse campus environment. India South Africa UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC students bring a broad international and global Brown University Ringling College of Art and Design perspective that makes them stand out in class and on Houssam Kherraz Morocco Arlind Komoni campus. Their personal narratives and their ability to Li Po Chun UWC Kosovo Massachusetts Institute of Pearson College UWC impact the college are compelling. Our admission staff Technology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Daniel Kibet values the opportunity to recruit students of such high Kenya Tumo Koontse Pearson College UWC Botswana academic quality who bring an unrivaled ability to Earlham College Pearson College UWC St. Lawrence University provide leadership and work with peers from diverse Hyun Jee Kim South Korea Maria Koplinska backgrounds. We appreciate the Davis family’s UWC South East Asia Poland New York University UWC Maastricht scholarship support for Davis UWC Scholars at Pomona University of Florida Scott Kim Australia Yaniv Korman and look forward to continuing to partner with you in Li Po Chun UWC Israel New York University UWC Mahindra College educating leaders for a global world.” College of the Atlantic SuYon Kim DAVIS W. OXTOBY, PRESIDENT South Korea Pranish Kotha Pomona College UWC Mahindra College India Wartburg College UWC Mahindra College Westminster College Rena Kimazi Uganda Amenan Fleur Regina Kouassi Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Cote D’Ivoire Altin Kukaj Era Kurtaliaj University of Oklahoma UWC Adriatic Montenegro Albania Methodist University Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Zubin Kirpalani Lake Forest College Duke University United Kingdom Parul Koul UWC South East Asia India Nermana Kulovic Viktor Kutsyi New York University UWC Mahindra College Bosnia-Herzegovina Ukraine Wellesley College UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Napassorn Kleangklang University of Florida University of Oklahoma Thailand Lejla Krecinic UWC Red Cross Nordic Bosnia-Herzegovina Adarsh Kumar Khin Kyaw Methodist University UWC in Mostar India Myanmar Lewis & Clark College UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic LeAundre Knight University of Chicago Macalester College Barbados Mile Krstev UWC-USA Macedonia Safar Kurbansho Michelle Si Qi Lam

Earlham College UWC Atlantic College Tajikistan USA 2019 Class of Tufts University UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Remi Kobayashi Methodist University Columbia University Japan Kodai Kubota UWC Maastricht Japan Anisa Kureishi Denny Landika Wellesley College UWC South East Asia Canada Australia Lewis & Clark College UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Harvard College St. Olaf College

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Roberta (Elena) Lie Joseph Lopeyok “Wellesley College is proud to be one of the five founding Indonesia Sudan Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College institutions that have benefited from the Davises’ Duke University The College of Idaho generosity. Since 2000, our Davis United World College Melissa Dana Liew Ana Itzel Lopez Malaysia Mexico Scholars have added an important voice and perspective UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College New York University Luther College to our campus community. Wellesley’s Davis UWC Jia Yi Megan Lim Tamara Lukic Scholars are leaders. You can see it in all aspects USA Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar of campus life.” Yale University Colby College Xi Zhen Lim Eden Lumerman PAULA A. JOHNSON, PRESIDENT Malaysia Israel Wellesley College UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College New York University Colorado College Yizhuo Lin Christie Ma China Canada UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College Maria Landin Estrada Patricia Lee Ringling College of Art and Colorado College Mexico USA Design UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia Sisekelo Mabuza Earlham College School of the Art Institute of John Linarelli Swaziland Chicago Italy Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Fiona Lau UWC Atlantic College Luther College United Kingdom Caroline Lee Xiang Ying Union College UWC-USA Malaysia Bellanov Macean Wellesley College UWC South East Asia Taishin Lipper Haiti New York University USA Pearson College UWC Jolie Ho Ching Lau UWC South East Asia Wartburg College United Kingdom Esteban Lemus Wirtz University of North Carolina at Li Po Chun UWC Guatemala Chapel Hill Sindiso Mafico College of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC Zimbabwe Macalester College Xiaowen Liu Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Tania Lay Guterres United Kingdom Skidmore College Timor-Leste Kevin Lepissier UWC Atlantic College Man Yee Mah Li Po Chun UWC France University of Chicago Westminster College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC China University of Oklahoma Yilin Liu Li Po Chun UWC Davis Lazowski China Lewis & Clark College Canada Shiu Yu Natalie Leung UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Canada Cornell University Vladislav Makarkin Harvard College Li Po Chun UWC Russia Cornell University Daren Lo UWC Dilijan Duc Le Singapore University of Pennsylvania Vietnam Jiguang Li UWC South East Asia UWC-USA China New York University Mutsawamwari Makufa Macalester College UWC Adriatic Zimbabwe Middlebury College Kevin Lobe Mouelle Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Ana Leal Calderon Cameroon Luther College El Salvador XingJian Li UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Maastricht China Methodist University Arthur Y. Makumbi University of Florida UWC Atlantic College Uganda Columbia University Tess Lockey UWC-USA Jun Beom Lee United Kingdom Colby College South Korea Juni Lie Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Norway Ringling College of Art and Columbia University UWC Red Cross Nordic Design Agnes Scott College

90 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION Helping South Africans Stay on HIV Meds South Africa has the world’s largest HIV epidemic: in 2015, an estimated 7 million South Africans were living with the virus, according to the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS . With treatment, patients can stay healthy— but every year about 5% of African patients default on their medication regimen, reports a nonprofit cofounded by Majahonkhe Shabangu (Swaziland, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Harvard ’14) . At Harvard, Majahonkhe and three fellow students had an idea . Couldn’t a simple system based in text messaging help patients keep up with their meds? The three designed a project, entered it in Harvard’s Innovation Challenge, and won the $5,000 Senior Social Start-up Prize . They used the money to create Sawubona Health, which has so far run its program with high effectiveness at two sites in rural South Africa . Majahonkhe Shabangu, in Harvard sweat- shirt, leads a 2014 project on food security in In the Zulu language, “Sawubona” means “I see you” — and the program sends Swaziland. HIV patients “simple, supportive, personalized, and low-cost weekly text messages,” says www .sawubonahealth org. . After the service was launched in September 2013 at Don McKenzie Hospital near Durban, over 1,500 patients enrolled, and 85% remain subscribed . At a second location, opened in 2014 at the Umndeni Care Program in the village of KwaXimba, Sawubona and researchers from Harvard Medical School found that over 97% of patients said the program had helped them remember their medications . “Meanwhile, I just completed a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Surrey in England,” reports Majahonkhe, who continues to run Sawubona as its part-time president . “I’m in Swaziland at the moment, revisiting a project on food insecurity and HIV/AIDS that I started in 2014 in my community . The project continues to assist local farmers as well as orphaned and vulnerable children . “I remain committed to making a difference, and have continued to search for better ways to improve health for the global poor .”

Alsayyad Malak Kudsaiishe Mapfunde Mei Masuyama Biko Mboka-Boyer USA Zimbabwe Japan USA UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Wellesley College Bates College Claremont McKenna College University of Virginia Asad Malik Phiwosetfu Maphalala Endi Mato Joseph Mbowa Pakistan Swaziland Albania Swaziland UWC Maastricht Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Bennington College University of Oklahoma Smith College Westminster College Pedro Manuel Stephen Masaka Karan Matta Conor McAvity Angola Zimbabwe India USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC-USA University of Oklahoma Lake Forest College University of Virginia Stanford University 2019 Class of Marta Manzin Panashe Masoha Doris Mbappe Ruby McCafferty Italy Zimbabwe Cameroon USA UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Massachusetts Institute of Methodist University Methodist University Northwestern University Technology

Davis United World College Scholars Program 91 Maya McDonald Nomfundo Mncina Vanina Morrison Chisomo Mwale USA Swaziland Bulgaria Zambia UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Hood College Colorado College Brown University Lake Forest College Tiffany McKenzie Israel George Mnyitafu Eliska Mrackova Pauline Mwesiga Jamaica Tanzania Czech Republic Tanzania UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Stanford University Brandeis University Lake Forest College Lake Forest College Melisande McLaughlin Mohammed Mohammed Mustafa Muhammadi Simren Nagrath Canada Iraq Afghanistan India UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia University of Pennsylvania Wartburg College Luther College Smith College Kayleigh McLean Pranav Mohan Irnea Muhovic Nikita Naik Mood Barbados India Kosovo India UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Bates College University of Oklahoma Wartburg College Macalester College Cesar Mendoza Davila Brandon Mok Kwame Mukasa Tanya Nair Guatemala Canada Uganda India UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Macalester College Cornell University Middlebury College Davidson College Ignjat Milenkovic Moeketsi Justice Mokobocho Munsanda Muleya Jessica Nakawuka Serbia Lesotho Zambia Uganda UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Bennington College Colby College Luther College Methodist University Valeria Milesi Clement Moliner-Roy Saloni Mundhra Panje Nambao Peru Canada Singapore Zambia UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Barnard College College of the Atlantic University of Michigan Macalester College Branimir Milicevic Liepollo Monaheng Munkhbat Munkhjargal Mo Hom Nang Bosnia-Herzegovina Lesotho Mongolia Myanmar UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia University of Oklahoma Brown University Earlham College New York University Ayso Milikbekov Chidinma Mong Maria Murias Munoz Narendran Narasimhan Tajikistan Nigeria Costa Rica India UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia University of Florida Bennington College University of Rochester Duke University KerryAnn Millin Kang Hoon Moon Lisa Musumba Amiya Narula Swaziland South Korea Kenya India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica Vassar College Northwestern University Clark University Claremont McKenna College Reem Mislati Miranda Mora Joram Mutenge Aline Ndisebuye Libya Venezuela Zambia Swaziland UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Rochester Lewis & Clark College Luther College St. Lawrence University Yuko Miyawaki Brooke Moree Chawanzi Mwale Lindumuzi Ndlovu Japan USA Zambia Zimbabwe UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Brown University Colby College Wartburg College Colorado College

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Arijit Nerurkar Anna N’Semi India Hungary “An international presence on campus has a deeply UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC Swarthmore College Lewis & Clark College beneficial effect on domestic students. It exposes them Isabel Madeleine Kold Neve Ibrahim Abdul Nshimirimana to new ideas about the world both inside the classroom Netherlands Burundi UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC and outside of it, and helps foster a deeper New York University Wheaton College understanding of the world at large. We at UNC are so Khadidja Ngom Rutabagisha Nshimiye Senegal Rwanda grateful for the role the Davis UWC Scholars Program UWC-USA UWC Maastricht Macalester College Methodist University plays in making these kinds of connections possible. Satenji Ngoma Charlotte Nutt Zambia USA Davis UWC Scholars contribute in meaningful ways to UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College Westminster College Dartmouth College the life of our campus. Not only do they bring a global Gia Linh T. Nguyen Chinemerem Nwosu perspective, they also represent a broad spectrum of Vietnam Nigeria UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA experiences and backgrounds that reflect great diversity Colby College Duke University Malika Niazi Sizathu Nxumalo in perspectives, languages, beliefs, traditions, race, and Pakistan Swaziland Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC socioeconomic status. We all gain when these are part of Mount Holyoke College University of Oklahoma a dynamic, thriving community. The Davis Scholars here Tumain Nicholas Ngegama Nyathi Tanzania Zimbabwe are noted for their collegiality and intrepidness, and their UWC Maastricht UWC-USA Westminster College Westminster College enthusiasm is infectious.” Louise Nielson Cynthia Nyongesa Denmark USA CAROL FOLT, CHANCELLOR Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill St. Lawrence University Pomona College Pooja Nikalje Charles Ofosu Iceland Ghana UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC Oluwadara Olayiwola Kerim Orsel Methodist University Macalester College Nigeria Turkey Philanathi Nkosi Aditya Ohrie UWC-USA UWC-USA Swaziland India University of Oklahoma St. Olaf College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Ema Omeragic Noel Orwothwun Luther College Grinnell College Bosnia-Herzegovina Uganda Siyabonga Nkosi Robert Bob Okello UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC South Africa Uganda St. Lawrence University Lake Forest College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Isaac Onyango Bianca Darita Pais St. Olaf College University of Oklahoma Uganda India Phuntsho Norbu Moyosore Okeremi UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College 2019 Class of Bhutan Nigeria University of Oklahoma University of California Berkeley UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Norbert Oros Juan Palacio Wheaton College Dartmouth College Slovakia Colombia UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College St. Lawrence University University of Virginia

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Kristijan Peev Mathur Kuruppath Radhika “The United World College program is designed to be Macedonia Menon UWC Costa Rica India worldwide in scope and impact, but Davis UWC Scholars Macalester College UWC Mahindra College Wellesley College contribute so much to Oberlin’s campus. With their Karen Perez Sarmiento Mexico Shreya Raghunandan intellect, spirit, creativity, and consciousness, they join Pearson College UWC India Macalester College UWC Mahindra College fellow Obies in viewing their education as an opportunity Brown University Jennifer Perry to make a difference in the world around them. USA Manize Rahman UWC Maastricht USA Stanford University UWC South East Asia This scholarship not only represents relief to Oberlin’s University of Virginia Ashish Phal international student aid budget, allowing us to enroll India Aman Rai UWC Mahindra College India even more international students, but also benefits all Johns Hopkins University UWC Mahindra College Macalester College Phavadee Phasavath students at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music Laos Ojaswee Rajbhandary UWC South East Asia Nepal who have the privilege to live and learn from such Methodist University UWC-USA Columbia University diverse world viewpoints.” Lauren Place USA Lanto Rakotoarisoa MARVIN KRISLOV, PRESIDENT UWC-USA Madagascar Northwestern University UWC Maastricht Oberlin College University of Florida Gavin Powell USA Tumisang Ramarea UWC Costa Rica Botswana Columbia University UWC Costa Rica Stanford University Kailash Pandey Yoonju Park Gede Sumantara Adi Pranata Nepal Singapore Indonesia Molungoa Ramataboe UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College Lesotho Middlebury College School of the Art Institute of University of Oklahoma Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Chicago University of Oklahoma Jesed Pando Davor Pranjic Bolivia Tenzin Passang Croatia Sebastian Ramirez Morera UWC Maastricht India UWC in Mostar Costa Rica Methodist University UWC Maastricht Methodist University UWC Costa Rica Colby College Macalester College Henok Pankhurst Prashant Prashant Ethiopia Aanavi Patodia India Saniya Rana UWC Mahindra College India UWC Mahindra College India University of Florida UWC South East Asia Colby College UWC Costa Rica Colby College Macalester College Dona Pantova Xhilda Prifti Bulgaria Manoj Paudel Albania Urshila Rana UWC Red Cross Nordic India UWC Adriatic Nepal Macalester College Pearson College UWC Earlham College UWC Mahindra College The College of Idaho Lewis & Clark College Seung Won Park Tian Qin South Korea Christina Pavlaki China Belma Rastoder UWC South East Asia Greece Pearson College UWC Bosnia-Herzegovina Columbia University UWC Red Cross Nordic Princeton University UWC in Mostar Skidmore College Methodist University

94 Uniting the World UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Passing Along a Passion for Learning

“Since I was a kid, I had the idea that I wanted to choose a career that influenced the world in a positive way — to do something that helped others, that brought value to the world,” says Andra Pascu (Romania, Pearson UWC, Middlebury ’17) . Growing up, she was sure she’d become a doctor . She found a passion for economics in her classes at UWC . At Middlebury she discovered political science, and became fascinated with international relations . “Being from Romania, this is a country that has had a pretty tumultuous path,” Andra notes . “I was born five years after the revolution, and I grew up in a country that was still trying to find itself politically . I grew up with that always in the background, and hearing stories about the communist time .” Andra Pascu As she looks beyond college, hoping to go to graduate school, Andra wonders about the rise of nationalist movements in Europe, the U .S ., and elsewhere . What will happen next in the world? “I think it’s an interesting time to study politics and international relations,” she says . And as she considers the ongoing evolution of her interests and her sense of purpose, Andra sees one common thread . “I’ve been very influenced by a lot of my teachers and professors,” she says . “It was my English teacher in Romania who found out about UWC . My teachers at UWC and at Middlebury have influenced me a lot, positively — and I would like to have the same influence in the future . My plan is to become a professor, in political science or international relations ”.

Tanisha Rayamajhi Marko Rojnica Nardelli Romero Maciej Ruminkiewicz Nepal Croatia Paraguay Poland UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar Wellesley College Methodist University Gettysburg College Ringling College of Art and Design Tano-Menka Rhoda Ruben Roman Garcia Theresa Marie Romualdez Ghana Costa Rica USA Ismar Sabanovic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Bosnia-Herzegovina Wellesley College Ringling College of Art and Georgetown University UWC Red Cross Nordic Design University of Florida Gabriel Rivera Barreto Andela Roncevic Guatemala Eyner Roman Lopez Croatia Anuvi Sabharwal UWC Costa Rica Peru UWC Adriatic India Lewis & Clark College UWC South East Asia College of the Atlantic UWC South East Asia Colorado College Brown University Ramisa Rob Uwella Rubuga Bangladesh Elizabete Romanovska Tanzania Wabei Saboi UWC Adriatic Latvia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Zambia Kalamazoo College UWC Red Cross Nordic Lewis & Clark College UWC Costa Rica Macalester College Wheaton College Abril Sofia Rojas Montoya Temusa Rukundo 2019 Class of Costa Rica Julia Marianne Thanh Romare Swaziland Asya Sagnak UWC Red Cross Nordic Sweden Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Turkey Ringling College of Art and UWC Red Cross Nordic Macalester College UWC South East Asia Design Macalester College Barnard College

Davis United World College Scholars Program 95 GRADUATES IN ACTION Inspiring Learners and Leaders in Africa After she graduated from Yale in 2013, Fatymatou Dia (Senegal, UWC-USA) joined the Casablanca office of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where she worked on projects for a diversity of industries — and discovered what she calls “my true passion .” “I started asking myself, what did I think about during my limited free time? The answer was education: I would get home late and start thinking about how to fix the Senegalese education system, or start planning a teacher-training program .” Fatima wanted to give Senegalese students an opportunity similar to a powerful seminar on leadership she’d taken at Yale, with retired Gen . Stanley McChrystal . She returned to New Fatymatou Dia, at right, with her Haven and spent four months observing the seminar and meeting with professors, mentors, sister and Modesty Group co-founder and students . She designed a two-part leadership curriculum, “Building Self, Building Teams,” Ndeye Aminata Dia. and delivered it at three Dakar locations last May . That wasn’t her only initiative . In 2014, Fatima, her younger sister Ned Aminata Dia, and a friend launched Modesty Group, a fashion line designed for young women, whether they wear the veil or not, to dress with “comfort and elegance .” The clothing line “is a different kind of education,” Fatima writes — “a platform we created through clothing to get women and men to have a conversation about the norms and clichés that prevent us from being comfortable with who we are and how we want to express ourselves .” Its founders followed up by organizing a photo exhibition in Senegal on female leaders, titled Entres Femmes, or Women to Women . “I moved to Nigeria in September,” Fatima writes . “I am back at BCG as one of the pioneers for our new Lagos office ”.

Gabal Salama Manraj Sandhu Aadityakrishna Sathish Magdalena Schaffernicht Western Sahara India Hong Kong Chile UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Methodist University University of Florida College of the Atlantic University of Oklahoma Ariel Salazar Basantes José Sandoval Nicolette Sauramba Agnesa Sejdijaj Ecuador Chile Zimbabwe Kosovo Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Maastricht Wartburg College Northwestern University Lewis & Clark College St. Olaf College Marietta Saldias Montivero Wesley Santos Tsering Say Mateja Sela Chile Brazil Tibet Serbia UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Macalester College Amherst College University of Virginia Middlebury College Jackson Sales Yeison Santos Maxwell Saylor Sara Sepic USA Colombia USA Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA UWC in Mostar Brown University Methodist University Dartmouth College University of Florida Sara Salloum Era Saraci Fariq bin Sazuki Fathimath Shafa Syria Albania Malaysia Maldives UWC Maastricht UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College Earlham College Colby College Wheaton College Westminster College

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Abhishek Shah Kazuatsu Shimizu India Japan “The Davis UWC Scholars Program vividly reflects our UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Northwestern University Swarthmore College institutional mission to ‘prepare students for lives of Ayush Shah Luyanda Shongwe purpose, thoughtful inquiry and responsible leadership in Singapore Swaziland UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC a diverse world.’ Davis UWC Scholars enrich our campus University of Michigan Wartburg College community as they bring a breadth of international Numaya Shahriar Raghav Shukla Bangladesh USA experience to the classrooms and campus life. With the UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Northwestern University New York University knowledge and broad perspectives developed in the Hannah Shand Camilla Siazon Bolivia Philippines United World Colleges, they encourage their classmates UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia The College of Idaho Barnard College to view the familiar with new powers of inquiry, and to Yenglik Sharden Emils Sietins welcome people, cultures, and perspectives that differ Kazakhstan Latvia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic from their own.” Methodist University University of Florida Ram Sharma Jabulani Sifundza RONALD A. CRUTCHER, PRESIDENT India Swaziland University of Richmond UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Clark University Lake Forest College Sreyashi Sharmin Julia Silva Bangladesh Brazil UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC Lejla Sisic Gia Soles Brown University Middlebury College Bosnia-Herzegovina USA UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC Mojia Shen Alicia Simba University of Oklahoma Stanford University China Tanzania UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Marja Siu Sanchez Rega Sota Wellesley College Barnard College Nicaragua Albania UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar Yu Shen Thabile Simelane Ringling College of Art and Yale University China Swaziland Design UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Louan Gallet Soumahoro Wellesley College The College of Idaho Maria Skrzypek Cote D’Ivoire Poland Pearson College UWC Rohan Sheth Robert Simovic UWC Maastricht University of Oklahoma USA Croatia Luther College UWC-USA UWC in Mostar Tatiana Souza de Araujo Duke University Lake Forest College Lucas Smolcic Larson Brazil USA UWC Adriatic Elliot Shi Antonija Simunovic Pearson College UWC St. Lawrence University USA Bosnia-Herzegovina Brown University UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar Alma Spahic Stanford University University of Oklahoma Visal So Bosnia-Herzegovina Cambodia UWC in Mostar Class of 2020 2019 Class of Bilha Shiikwa Vaishali Singh UWC Adriatic University of Florida Namibia India University of Oklahoma UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Dylan Sparks St. Olaf College St. Olaf College South Africa UWC South East Asia Bard College

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Rishabh Tagore Chit Thwe “In higher education, excellence goes hand in hand with India Myanmar UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia diversity. Universities that think globally, by providing University of Pennsylvania New York University exciting opportunities to study abroad and bringing the Chit Laam Tam Fiona Tien United Kingdom Singapore best international scholars to campus, will shape the Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia New York University University of Michigan strongest leaders. A symphony of student voices among Wei Kwan Harald Tam Dipali Tikone classmates advances critical thinking and sharpens Sweden India UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC students’ ability to communicate with those whose New York University Methodist University Mekides Tamerat Chi Ting Coco Tin ideas, language, and perspectives are often different Ethiopia Hong Kong UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College from theirs. Our Davis UWC Scholars enhance the Penn Methodist University Cornell University experience by bringing with them varied and diverse Jasmine Tan Susanne Tindalid Singapore Greenland backgrounds and viewpoints — certainly strengthened UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Duke University Westminster College by the United World College high-school experience — to Phacharapol Meghan Tinney Tanasarnsopaporn South Africa the great benefit of the entire Penn community.” Thailand Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Westminster College AMY GUTMANN, PRESIDENT Lehigh University Anita Too University of Pennsylvania Pietro Tardelli Canedo Kenya Brazil UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Smith College Macalester College Jose Torres Krishangi Srivastava Shruti Subramaniam Vanessa Taylor Costa Rica Singapore India Colombia Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Middlebury College Wheaton College University of Richmond College of the Atlantic Ibrahima Tounkara Kyle Stewart Mohamed Izman Suhail Moyosore Tejumola Senegal Swaziland Maldives Nigeria UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Stanford University Wartburg College Davidson College Lake Forest College Eliza Tovizi Buer (Hermione) Su Elijah Sutanto Tsuendue Tenzin Hungary China Australia India UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Westminster College Davidson College University of Chicago Westminster College Maria Alejandra Adrian Suarez del Busto Ethan Swift Jimena Terrazas Lozano Traslosheros Reyes Spain USA Mexico Mexico UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC-USA Pomona College Yale University Brown University Earlham College Baniya Subha Mercy Taban Timothy Thong Nelma Liliana Trindade Nepal South Sudan Malaysia Angola UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht Wellesley College Westminster College Princeton University Lake Forest College

98 Uniting the World Jianing Tu Anita Henrica van Dam Phuong Anh Vu Gillian Welch China Thailand Vietnam USA UWC-USA UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Williams College College of the Atlantic Wellesley College College of the Atlantic Elias Tuomaala Niels Van Den Burg Kavish Wadhwa Mang Wen Finland Netherlands India China UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Harvard College University of Oklahoma Westminster College Stanford University Sisa Tuxicuro-Duque Oriana van Praag Kudrat Wadhwa Alva Wijaya Ecuador USA India Indonesia Pearson College UWC UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Pitzer College Brown University Brown University Ringling College of Art and Design Tadeas Uhlir Darry Steef Victor Acosta Htet Wai Czech Republic Costa Rica Myanmar Kaylene Williamson UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC Swaziland Dartmouth College Luther College Westminster College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lake Forest College Haruna Ujo Michelle Vidovic Jeremy Kamau Wainaina Japan Bosnia-Herzegovina Kenya Kaung Arkar Win Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Maastricht Myanmar Macalester College University of Florida New York University UWC South East Asia New York University Enkhzaya Ulambayar Rodrigo Vieira Cecilia Wallace Mongolia Portugal USA Jacob Wolf Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC-USA USA Westminster College Earlham College Oberlin College UWC-USA Stanford University Benjamin Underwood Thalia Viranda Derrick Wan United Kingdom Indonesia Hong Kong Kendall Wood Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC USA Wartburg College University of Richmond New York University UWC Atlantic College University of Virginia Amulya Vadapalli Aleksandar Vladicic Tina Wang India Bosnia-Herzegovina Finland Linda Worden UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Canada Duke University Princeton University Brown University Pearson College UWC Williams College Miriam Vakhitova Lam Vo Gayathri Warrier Russia Finland India Sara Worku UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Ethiopia University of Rochester Colorado College Colorado College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lewis & Clark College Hugo Valent Meher Vohra Maia Watson Slovakia Singapore Barbados Adrianna Wozniak UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Poland St. Olaf College Wellesley College Johns Hopkins University UWC Mahindra College St. Olaf College Amruta Valiyaveetil Max von Hippel Florence Waveril India USA Belgium Junyi Wu UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica Canada College of the Atlantic Dartmouth College The College of Idaho Pearson College UWC

Harvard College 2020 2019 Class of Steven Valverde Porras Allegra von Hirschberg Amei Wei Costa Rica USA China Ka Wai Wu Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Hong Kong St. Lawrence University Vassar College Methodist University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Westminster College

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When he chose his first courses at Red Cross Nordic UWC in Norway,Marcin Jerzewski (Poland, University of Richmond ’18) wanted to take full advantage of the diversity he was offered — so he signed up for Mandarin Chinese . He struggled hard to make progress, but advanced enough that, at Richmond, he selected Chinese studies Marcin Jerzewski along with political science as his major . He has traveled to China three times: with UWC friends as a volunteer English and art teacher, then to compete in the 2014 Chinese Language Proficiency Competition, and then in 2015 on a scholarship to Princeton’s summer program at Beijing Normal University . At Richmond, he worked as research assistant to Dr . Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, then a professor of political science and associate dean at the university, on projects that included examining the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the region . This year, Marcin was in Taiwan studying political science at the National Chengchi University, learning the Taiwanese Hokkien language, and interning as a researcher for Poland’s Warsaw Trade Office in Taipei . And he traveled last summer to Chile and Argentina to explore the impact of Chinese economic investment there . He presented his preliminary findings at Duke University’s China Leadership Summit . Marcin hopes to earn a Ph D. . and teach at a university, focusing on South-South relations . “I have noticed that many fields tend to be dominated by Western-centric theories and ways of thinking,” he writes . “As a professor, I hope to explore various political concepts from a perspective of East Asia and Latin America . “A holistic, interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning fosters compassion,” he adds, “and broadens horizons of both students and educators .”

Ziyang Wu Sitong Xu Emil Yan Yucheng Yang China China China China UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Cornell University Pomona College Westminster College Columbia University Changzhe Xu Xingzi Xu Wenjing Yan Tenzin Yangdon China China China Tibet UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht Colorado College Middlebury College Colby College Macalester College Huipeng Xu Reo Yamanaka Hao Tian Yang Alexandre Yano China Japan Canada Angola Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Colby College University of California Berkeley Northwestern University Methodist University

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Weiru Ye Sabastian Abelezele China Ghana “At Colorado College, we believe each student’s UWC Costa Rica UWC Dilijan Middlebury College University of Rochester educational experience is richer when surrounded by Tatsuya Yokota Aleksandrs Ablazevics talented and curious students from different cultures, Japan Latvia UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College backgrounds, and places. Our Davis UWC Scholars play Colby College St. Lawrence University Chaabane Yousra Megane Ackermans an important role in building that dynamic culture at CC. Netherlands USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Their intellectual curiosity, global perspective, and Franklin & Marshall College Skidmore College wonderful optimism have a positive impact on our Jeong Sun Yu Alejandra Acuna Balbuena South Korea Paraguay campus and, as they graduate, on our world. Our Davis UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic New York University University of Oklahoma UWC Scholars take great pride in being leaders on Long Yung Yu Nina Adam campus, and I am grateful to Shelby and Gale, and the Hong Kong Kenya Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC United World Colleges, for helping to prepare all of our Colby College Wartburg College Anita Zelada Espinoza Roua Adam students to become global citizens.” Peru Sudan UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht JILL TIEFENTHALER, PRESIDENT University of Oklahoma Methodist University Colorado College Duzhi Zhao Rekhia Adams China Trinidad & Tobago UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Brandeis University Northwestern University Chris Ah-Siong Kaushal Alate Argishti Zurabyan Urszula Adamska USA India Armenia Poland UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College University of North Carolina at Stanford University Westminster College Colorado College Chapel Hill Atefeh Alavi Ani Aghabekyan Mert Ajvaz Iran Class of 2020 Armenia Macedonia UWC Dilijan UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC St. Olaf College University of Florida University of Oklahoma Aya Abdelrahman Delores Maria Albarral Bravo Egypt Mujahed Nawaf Aghbar Muheb Akbar Spain UWC Red Cross Nordic Jordan Afghanistan UWC South East Asia University of Rochester UWC Dilijan UWC in Mostar Whitman College Methodist University University of Oklahoma Sophia Abdelrahman Muhammad Albasit Hong Kong Anamay Agnihortri Maheen Akram Pakistan Li Po Chun UWC India India UWC Red Cross Nordic Wellesley College UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College University of Florida Denison University Wellesley College Ahmed AbdulMageed Vladyslav Alforov Class of 2020 Egypt Samira Ahmed Riyam Al Baghdadi Ukraine UWC Dilijan Somalia Iraq UWC Dilijan St. Olaf College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic University of Oklahoma Wheaton College Methodist University

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Klaus Ashorn Ariane Balaram “Our Davis UWC Scholars enhance the rich diversity of Finland France Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College students found on Trinity’s campus. They are scholars Harvard College Lake Forest College and leaders, and serve as cultural ambassadors for their Aisyah Ashrafswandi Amrita Bali Hong Kong Singapore home countries. We value their unique perspectives and Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Earlham College Georgetown University are proud to be a member of the Davis UWC Scholars Keneshka Atash Desiree Balmori community.” Netherlands Philippines Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Macalester College University of Oklahoma JOANNE BERGER-SWEENEY, PRESIDENT Trinity College Nicola Austin Anila Bano South Africa Pakistan Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Lewis & Clark College Luther College Dana Awwad Irving Barrera Lopez Zafar Ali Ana Sofia Araujo Palestine Mexico Pakistan Venezuela UWC-USA UWC-USA UWC in Mostar UWC Maastricht University of Florida Earlham College Lewis & Clark College University of Florida Muhammed Zyd Bin Azman Asmita Baruah Ammar Almahdy Aryana Arianassl Malaysia India Egypt Iran UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic UWC Maastricht Georgetown University University of Oklahoma Middlebury College Bennington College Abeba Bade Badral Batbold Apurv Alok Shanice Arlow Ethiopia Mongolia India Namibia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Wartburg College Lewis & Clark College New York University St. Lawrence University Jae Won Baek Tomasz Bazant Dea Santi Alqurwani Besma Arnaout South Korea Poland Indonesia Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic Cornell University University of Rochester Randolph-Macon College Princeton University Abizar Bagasrawala Stuti Behari Javeri Kadri Aman Samuel Arrants India India India USA UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Northwestern University Savannah College of Art and Tufts University Northwestern University Design Fatmata Bah Ronak Amir Sardari Nana Anim Asante-Apeatu Sierra Leone Goncalo Belo Loureiro Iran Ghana Li Po Chun UWC Portugal UWC Atlantic College UWC Robert Bosch College Middlebury College UWC Maastricht University of Rochester Luther College Middlebury College Ahmed Mahmoud Baibane Lloyd Antrobus Rahmat Ashari Algeria Sylvester Benson-Sesay United Kingdom Indonesia UWC Costa Rica Sierra Leone Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Methodist University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC St. Olaf College University of Oklahoma University of Rochester Hadia Bakkar Cosme Aranguren Gonzalez Blake Ashby Syria Lina Beron Echavarria Spain Barbados UWC-USA Ecuador UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Skidmore College Li Po Chun UWC University of Oklahoma Lewis & Clark College Kenyon College

102 Uniting the World Edwina Bezuidenhoudt Vitoria Bitencourt Motta Namibia Brazil UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica University of Oklahoma College of the Atlantic Simone Chintamani Bhagat Saffa Bockarie India Sierra Leone UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia New York University Wartburg College Saurabh Bharam Adam Böcker India Sweden UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College University of Oklahoma Williams College Utkarsha Bhartia Benjamin Bollero India USA UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia New York University Georgetown University Andrew Bierle Nikola Boükovic Some of the many Davis UWC Scholars at the University of Florida. USA Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Dilijan UWC in Mostar Brown University Northwestern University Maciej Buchlski Norman Buruchara Jayde Biggert Chanon (Am) Bovornvirakit Poland Kenya Swaziland Thailand UWC Maastricht Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia The College of Idaho St. Olaf College Bates College Carleton College Rheza Budiono Arbonbita Bushi Puthynan Bin Chavonne Bowen Indonesia Kosovo Cambodia Barbados UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC-USA University of Chicago College of the Atlantic University of Oklahoma Notre Dame of Maryland University Hoa Bui Carlos Bustamante Carston Bing Vietnam Peru Norway Semih Boyadzha UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Bulgaria Lehigh University University of Rochester University of Florida UWC Dilijan Methodist University Tran Bao Ngoc (Natalie) Bui Franco Byaruhanga Francesca Biondi-Morra Vietnam Uganda Costa Rica Carlos Bracamontes UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica USA Duke University The College of Idaho Bates College UWC Maastricht Brandeis University Daria Bulatnikova Natalia Cabrera Rovetta Karol Bisaga Russia Uruguay USA Noah Brennan UWC Maastricht Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Canada University of Florida Bennington College Northwestern University Pearson College UWC Oberlin College Jeffrey B. (Blake) Bullwinkel Shirley Yang Cahyadi Colton Bishop USA India USA Benjamin Brimacombe UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College USA Williams College New York University Princeton University UWC-USA Ekaterina Burtseva Rina Cakrani Columbia University Class of 2020 Oshin Bista Russia Albania Nepal Jady Brown UWC Dilijan UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar Aruba St. John’s College Whitman College Middlebury College UWC in Mostar Lewis & Clark College

Davis United World College Scholars Program 103 Emily Camargo Priyamvada Chaudhary Seong Min Choi Jakub Crcha USA India South Korea Slovakia UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Wartburg College College of the Atlantic New York University Bennington College Eduardo Jianan Chen WonJoon Choi J. Roland Cruz Campbell Bethancourt China South Korea Philippines Panama UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Cornell University Swarthmore College University of Rochester University of Oklahoma Qijia Chen Alyssa Choo Shaheen Currimjee Ronal Enrique Campos Porras China Malaysia Mauritius Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC Dilijan Cornell University Barnard College Williams College Methodist University Serafina Luanqi Chen Sami Churchwell Roger Dai Nitya Canakiah China USA China Mauritius UWC Dilijan UWC-USA Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Carleton College University of Pennsylvania Middlebury College Methodist University Zihan Chen Hana Cicevic Xinling Dai Silvia Cantu Bautista China Bosnia-Herzegovina China Mexico UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC Brown University University of Florida Colorado College Middlebury College Yichao Cheng Erika Cintron Ying Dai Catherine Cartier China USA China USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Pearson College UWC Yale University University of Florida Northwestern University Davidson College Jesca Chengula Ana Colovic Nikolina Dakovic Nilsu Yasemin Celikel Tanzania Montenegro Montenegro Turkey Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC University of Rochester University of Florida University of Richmond University of California Berkeley Precious Chilongo Camila Condon Rodriguez Mattis Dalton Charles Ian Ces Malawi Uruguay Denmark Philippines Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College University of Oklahoma Colorado College Brown University Luther College Pranav Chinmay Maria Carla Condori Bazan Tomas Dandas Kimberly Cespedes India Argentina Czech Republic Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica University of Florida Pitzer College Luther College Wartburg College Mwabi Chipeta Abu bakarr Conteh Kaitlyn Daniel Derian Cespedes Vega Malawi Sierra Leone Barbados Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica The College of Idaho Wartburg College Lake Forest College Davidson College Blessing Chirimbani Jorge Contreras Osegueda Max Danielewicz Srishti Pratap Chandana Zimbabwe El Salvador USA USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Dilijan UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College University of Oklahoma Luther College Macalester College University of California Berkeley Karma Choedak Braulio Andres Covarrubias Edita Danielyan Agathe Chapelle Tibet Vargas Armenia France UWC Red Cross Nordic Mexico UWC Dilijan Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Oklahoma UWC Costa Rica Earlham College Earlham College University of Oklahoma

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Joseph Debs Nazha Diwan Syria Palestine “Ringling College of Art and Design is so proud and UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Davidson College University of Oklahoma delighted to be part of the Davis UWC Scholars Program. Daniel Dejapin Veronica Dizon The unique and exceptional qualities the UWC students Philippines Philippines UWC Robert Bosch College UWC South East Asia provide to our campus are of tremendous value to our Luther College Clark University entire community and the institution as a whole. Indeed, Anna Demchenko Mbongiseni Dlamini Russia South Africa these students help raise the bar for all student UWC Dilijan UWC Dilijan Bennington College The College of Idaho performance on campus. Part of Ringling College’s Julie Deng Nombuso Dlamini Belize Swaziland mission is to foster globally aware citizens who will Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Wartburg College Lake Forest College become the creative leaders of tomorrow, and our Charmaine Denison-George Samkeliso Dlamini participation in this progressive program helps us to Sierra Leone Swaziland UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC attain this goal at a higher level.” Wartburg College University of Oklahoma Aman Deol Simisumuzi Dlamini LARRY THOMPSON, PRESIDENT USA Swaziland Ringling College of Art and Design UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Middlebury College The College of Idaho Roman Bayleyegn Derese Egidio Eddyto Ethiopia Do Carmo Dias Viegas Pearson College UWC Timor-Leste Maria Domingo Cots Tuva Elisabet Eid Methodist University UWC Maastricht Spain Norway Methodist University UWC-USA UWC Maastricht Nathalie Desmet Villar Northwestern University Bennington College USA Elisabeth Do Rosario Vicente UWC-USA Timor-Leste Nicoleta Cristina Dorobantu Baris Eikam Brown University UWC South East Asia Romania Turkey Luther College UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA Shingirai Dhoro Methodist University Massachusetts Institute of Zimbabwe Khanh Doan Technology Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Vietnam Tyler Mavis D’orsi University of Rochester UWC Atlantic College Italy Ebisan Ekperigin Macalester College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Nigeria Soumaya Difallah Methodist University Li Po Chun UWC Algeria Mara Dolan University of Rochester UWC-USA USA Bendita Dos Santos Carmo Wellesley College UWC Costa Rica Timor-Leste Roan Ellis-O’Neill Brown University Li Po Chun UWC Ireland Chunxi Ding Wartburg College UWC Maastricht China Rinchen Doma Macalester College UWC Mahindra College Nepal Jasmin Dozlic Duke University UWC Mahindra College Bosnia-Herzegovina Mawada Abdalla Emahgoub UWC in Mostar Sudan

Duke University Class of 2020 Ndeye Fatou Baka Diop Hood College UWC Mahindra College Senegal Catia Pinas Dombaxe University of Rochester UWC Robert Bosch College Angola Nicole Dube University of Rochester UWC Maastricht Swaziland Adedeji Emiabata Methodist University UWC Red Cross Nordic Nigeria University of Oklahoma UWC Mahindra College University of Rochester

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Joπo Freitas Tafara Gava “This year Williams welcomed its largest-ever cohort of Portugal Zimbabwe UWC Dilijan UWC Robert Bosch College Davis UWC Scholars, and we are deeply grateful to the Colorado College Brandeis University Davis United World College Scholars Program for making Krisztian Gado Lemlem Tadele Gebremichele Hungary Ethiopia this possible. These exceptional students add UWC Dilijan UWC Red Cross Nordic Lewis & Clark College Methodist University immeasurably to our community, enhancing an Naarek Galstyan Chloe Felicitas Gerungan important global perspective that is fundamental to the Armenia Indonesia UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia liberal-arts education Williams provides.” Princeton University University of California Berkeley Lindokuhle Gama Svetlana Gevorgyan ADAM FALK, PRESIDENT Swaziland Armenia Williams College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College The College of Idaho Lewis & Clark College Mary Xin Yu Gao Abheek Ghatak Canada India Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Maxim Ermoshkin Max Ferguson New York University Columbia University Russia United Kingdom UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Mingxian Gao Noyonika Ghatak University of Richmond University of Oklahoma China India UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Alisha Erozer Polina Filippova University of Pennsylvania New York University Barbados Russia UWC in Mostar UWC Dilijan Edmilson Jamila Ghazi Northwestern University University of Rochester Darwin da Silva Garcia Morocco Angola UWC Mahindra College Elvin Orlando Espinoza Vargas Daniel Firebanks UWC Red Cross Nordic Bryn Mawr College Panama Peru Methodist University UWC Dilijan UWC-USA Jyoti Vijay Ghule Methodist University Oberlin College Petar Gardian India Serbia UWC Mahindra College Chineme Ezema Leticia Fleith Braune UWC Adriatic Methodist University Jamaica Brazil Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Pietro Giacomin Sanou Clark University University of Florida Ruthvin Gardiner Costa Rica Trinidad & Tobago UWC Mahindra College Augustine Ezeogu Felipe Andres UWC Costa Rica Colorado College Swaziland Fontecilla Gutierrez Earlham College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Chile Sahra Karin Gibson Wartburg College UWC South East Asia Leisan Garifullina United Kingdom College of the Atlantic Russia UWC Adriatic Massiullah Faqiri UWC South East Asia College of the Atlantic Afghanistan Conor Fox Pomona College UWC Adriatic USA Maria Cristina Gil Diaz Luther College UWC-USA Kristen Gasparini Venezuela University of Florida Italy UWC Dilijan Leila Faulstich-Hon UWC-USA University of Rochester Costa Rica Maria Franco Cecena Wellesley College UWC Mahindra College Mexico Sofia Ginard Ramirez Middlebury College UWC Robert Bosch College Gautham Spain Lewis & Clark College India UWC Dilijan Bruno Felalaga UWC Red Cross Nordic Wellesley College Ghana University of Oklahoma UWC Red Cross Nordic Brown University

106 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION Seeking the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s The son of two medical doctors in northwestern Turkey, Murat Bilgel (Turkey, UWC-USA, Johns Hopkins ’11) earned a Ph D. . in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins, and is now a research fellow at the National Institute on Aging in Washington, D .C . “My research makes use of state-of-the-art brain-imaging techniques to understand the contributions of neurodegeneration (brain atrophy, reduced neural activity) and neuropathology (amyloid plaques and tau tangles) to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease prior to the onset of clinical symptoms,” Murat writes . “I develop statistical methods to characterize the temporal evolution of these brain changes, with the goal of identifying the earliest changing brain regions in the Alzheimer’s pathway, and to perform disease staging at Murat Bilgel temporal evolution of brain changes . “As clinical trials for Alzheimer’s are moving to earlier stages of the disease,” he adds, “my hope is that my research will offer new strategies for participant recruitment, trial design, and outcome evaluation for future Alzheimer’s trials .” Murat contributed these thoughts in a personal capacity; his views do not necessarily represent those of the National Institutes of Health or the U .S . government .

Ali Gokcelioglu Nicholas Grundlingh Alexandra Gvozdeva Bashar Haidar Turkey South Africa Belarus Lebanon UWC Dilijan UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC Dilijan Earlham College Harvard College Pomona College Whitman College Ailen Magali Gomez Pereira Vincent Gudenus Tinashe Prince Gwakuka Manana Vahan Hakobyan Paraguay Austria Zimbabwe Armenia UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC Dilijan Methodist University Williams College Connecticut College University of California Berkeley Eirini Gounopoulou Alvaro Guerra Rodriguez Tenzin Gyalpo Karam Hansen Greece Guatemala Tibet Denmark UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lewis & Clark College Wheaton College Middlebury College Northwestern University Aadithya Gowthaman Ananya Gupta Ramona Gyorfi Ducha Hapsari India India Hungary Indonesia UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic University of Florida Oberlin College Lake Forest College University of Oklahoma Holly Greaves Brown Karma Gurung Tahmeed Hafeez Farhan Haque Swaziland Nepal Bangladesh Bangladesh Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Ringling College of Art and University of Oklahoma Brown University Middlebury College

Design Class of 2020 Nathalia Gutierrez Sacasa Connor Haffey Aditya Hariharan Sharon Grosso Costa Rica USA India USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Macalester College University of Florida Reed College Tufts University

Davis United World College Scholars Program 107 Kayleigh Hughes United Kingdom UWC Mahindra College Franklin & Marshall College Bing Ibrahim Indonesia UWC Atlantic College Middlebury College Stanzin Idga India UWC Mahindra College St. Lawrence University Stella Matutina Ikuzwe Rwanda UWC South East Asia Macalester College Zoltan Illes Hungary UWC Red Cross Nordic Gathered with Phil Geier (back row, middle) at International House Berkeley are Davis UWC Scholars, University of Rochester Projects for Peace grantees, and UWC graduates hosted by I-House Executive Director Hans Giesecke (front row, left). Ahmed Imamovic Bosnia-Herzegovina Li Po Chun UWC Amrit Hariharan Iikkamatti Hauru Da Thi Hoang Earlham College Singapore Finland Vietnam Thierry Iraguha UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Dilijan Rwanda University of Michigan Ringling College of Art and Middlebury College UWC Maastricht Design Miguel Haro Ruiz Lauren Hoang Methodist University Spain Samantha Henderson USA Aditi Iyer UWC Costa Rica Swaziland UWC South East Asia India Lewis & Clark College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Pennsylvania UWC South East Asia Vassar College Margar Harutyunyan Uzeir Hodzic New York University Armenia Ernesto Hernandez Bosnia-Herzegovina Shemmar Jackson UWC Adriatic El Salvador UWC in Mostar Jamaica St. Lawrence University UWC Robert Bosch College University of Oklahoma UWC Robert Bosch College University of Florida Nare Harutyunyan Soulinthone Hongchith University of Rochester Armenia Bilal Hindi Laos Shahzeb Jadoon UWC-USA Lebanon UWC Robert Bosch College Pakistan Bennington College UWC Atlantic College University of Oklahoma UWC Costa Rica University of Richmond Marwan Hashem Gustav Christian Wartburg College Palestine Mansi Hitesh Honl-Stuenkel Adithi Jagannadhan UWC Robert Bosch College India USA India University of Oklahoma UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Colby College Georgetown University Mohammad Hassan University of Michigan Egypt Ching-Hsien (Justin) Ho Beatrix Howe Akanksha Jain UWC Dilijan Taiwan Canada Singapore The College of Idaho UWC-USA UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Williams College Smith College Cornell University

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Attul Venkat Sai Jakkampudi Maria Joa Dominguez India Dominican Republic “Colby is proud to be an original partner of the Davis UWC Mahindra College UWC Maastricht Wesleyan University Bennington College UWC Scholars Program. Since 2000, these talented and Zahra Jan Mohammad Ulises Jovel Orantes motivated students from around the world have brought Afghanistan El Salvador UWC in Mostar UWC Maastricht so much to the Colby community. Their global Methodist University St. Olaf College perspectives and intellectual depth enhance classroom Akmaral Janat Hee Seok Jung Mongolia South Korea discussions and the residential experience at Colby, and UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia University of Pennsylvania Northwestern University we are grateful to the Davis UWC Scholars Program for Dong Hae Jang Fatama Kadiri South Korea Morocco helping to make this a truly international campus. It is UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic St. Lawrence University Middlebury College incredible to see how our UWC students embrace Jan Janiszewski Marie-Simone Kadurira opportunities during their time at Colby and go on to Poland Zimbabwe UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College make meaningful contributions throughout the world.” Skidmore College St. Olaf College Megan Austina Jesudas Mia Kajtaz DAVID A. GREENE, PRESIDENT Singapore Bosnia-Herzegovina Colby College UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar New York University Methodist University Sidhartha Jha Mitchel Kaleso India Zimbabwe UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Min Woo Kang Lisa Kasamba Northwestern University Luther College South Korea Swaziland UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Amisha Jhawar Collins Kalyebi Duke University Methodist University India Uganda UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC Vaafoulay Kanneh Kerol Kaskaviqi New York University Wartburg College Sierra Leone Albania Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Oliver Jiang Youssef Kamel Lehigh University University of Florida Singapore Egypt Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Aiham Kara Hawa Biruk Kassahun New York University University of Oklahoma Syria Ethiopia UWC Maastricht UWC Robert Bosch College Olivia Jin Aditya Kamireddy Ringling College of Art and Luther College South Korea India Design Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Ioanna Katsara University of Michigan Earlham College Sila Karabiber Greece Turkey UWC in Mostar Jouie Jinnah Maymouna Kane UWC Dilijan Bennington College Swaziland USA St. John’s College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Jonas Kavaliauskas Wartburg College Columbia University Sento Kargbo Lithuania Sierra Leone UWC Adriatic Natacha Jn-Simon In Hee Kang UWC Maastricht Yale University Class of 2020 Bahamas South Korea Skidmore College Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Neriman Beste Kaygisiz University of Florida Wellesley College Ahaan Karha Turkey India UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College Wellesley College University of California Berkeley

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Jayashree Khemka Svetlana Koleva “We greatly value our international students, and UF’s Singapore Bulgaria Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht Davis UWC Scholars are especially bright lights. Many Yale University Colorado College Davis UWC Scholars hail from countries that send only a Nirvaan Manu Khera Adam Kollar India Slovakia few students to us, and we are very grateful for their UWC Mahindra College UWC Dilijan University of California Berkeley Brown University presence. Davis UWC Scholars at UF also have a Lehlohonolo Khetheng Kanasai Konfe well-earned reputation for generously sharing their Lesotho Burkina Faso Pearson College UWC UWC Maastricht perspectives and cultures with our other students. They University of Oklahoma University of Florida Nhlakanipho Khumalo Khwanhatai Kongkapetch epitomize the ideal of global citizenship and serve as Swaziland Thailand Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC great examples to the rest of us.” Skidmore College Luther College Hye Won Kim Rainier Kortenhorst W. KENT FUCHS, PRESIDENT South Korea USA University of Florida UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Cornell University Brown University Jae-Woo Kim Luka Kosmina South Korea Serbia Rudo Kazembe Helen Khachatryan Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Zimbabwe Armenia Cornell University Middlebury College UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Kyoung Tae Kim Kohtaro Kosugiyama Lake Forest College Randolph-Macon College South Korea Japan Michelle Sophia Kempis Nailia Khalfieva UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC United Kingdom Russia Dartmouth College New York University UWC Adriatic UWC Robert Bosch College John King Meghna Kulshrestha New York University Ringling College of Art and Uganda India Design Iina Keränen Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Finland Abdelkarim University of Oklahoma Kenyon College UWC in Mostar Khalid Abdelkarim Mahmoud Sharon Kioko Joshua Kunda St. Olaf College Sudan Kenya Swaziland UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Fanni Ajna Kertesz St. Olaf College Hungary Brown University The College of Idaho UWC South East Asia Israa Khalifa Eleonora Kiziv Grete Kutt Skidmore College Egypt Russia Estonia UWC Robert Bosch College UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Lusine Keshishyan St. Olaf College Armenia Brown University Pomona College UWC Dilijan Khaled Khalili Sara Kljajic Fung Yee Kwok University of Rochester Syria Serbia Hong Kong UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Ermin Kevric Westminster College Bosnia-Herzegovina Middlebury College New York University UWC in Mostar Maisha Khan Aditya Kohli Quang Lam University of Oklahoma Bangladesh India Vietnam Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht Thato Sesana Kgalema Randolph-Macon College South Africa Princeton University Luther College UWC Maastricht St. John’s College

110 Uniting the World UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Amplifying Global Voices in the Arts

In 2016, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago gave one of its Peanut Butter & Jelly Awards for “students who exemplify the characteristics of an artist and a leader” to Hyein (Haley) Jung ’17 (South Korea, UWC of South East Asia) . The school said Haley “has become an advocate for global perspectives on campus and in Chicago .” Being an advocate and a leader in her college community has, for Haley, mostly centered on amplifying the voices and artwork of others . In April 2016, she organized a symposium on campus that examined the growing visibility of contemporary Asian art . Working as an intern at the Art Institute of Chicago, she helped develop a project that led to the institute becoming the first U .S . institution to devote a gallery to a Korean school of monochromatic paintings from the post-Korean War period . “From my freshman year, I became part of student programming boards here,” Hyein (Haley) Jung Haley says . “My major goal was to create a community — to create more platforms for students to come join, share their ideas, and create a safe space for any sort of discussion . I also co-founded a group called Artpreneurs, that has brought in entrepreneurship in relation to art at our school . It allows students to be more invested in arts administration . “The meaning of ‘leader’ is not really limited to people who are in higher positions or in politics,” Haley muses . “Artists can really bring about social, political, historical impacts . That’s how I believe artists are true leaders in their core practice . I hope I can be one through investing my time and effort into bringing about much-needed change for people around me .”

Jonathan George Gregory Hannah Lee Bastian Lehmann Wan Hei Leung Lambrinos South Korea Germany Hong Kong Aruba UWC South East Asia UWC Robert Bosch College UWC Atlantic College UWC Maastricht Northwestern University University of Rochester Wellesley College Kenyon College Junseok Lee kOle Lekhutle Wenye Li Petra Laucikova South Korea Lesotho Hong Kong Slovakia UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic Cornell University Middlebury College Cornell University College of the Atlantic Katie Lee Phyllis Leong John Lihasi Pavle Lazarevic USA Singapore Kenya Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC South East Asia UWC Robert Bosch College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar Cornell University Duke University University of Oklahoma Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seung Chak Lee Anna-Sofia Lesiv Beatriz Lima

China Ukraine Portugal Class of 2020 Tanya Maria Lazarus UWC Robert Bosch College Pearson College UWC UWC Robert Bosch College India University of Chicago Stanford University Ringling College of Art and UWC South East Asia Design University of California Berkeley Shen Ming Lee Melisa Letayian Malaysia Kenya UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Cornell University Macalester College

Davis United World College Scholars Program 111 GRADUATES IN ACTION Influencing Public Policy in Peru Fiorella Oremeño Incio (Peru, Red Cross Nordic UWC, Macalester ’09) grew up in Peru’s main port city, Callao, which has long been plagued by crime and drug trafficking . Having earned a first-rate education at UWC and Macalester College, she’s back in Peru, working on public policy with special interests in curbing violence against women and creating new opportunities for young people . “In the back of my mind, I always have my hometown and the struggles my family went through, with scarce resources, to provide me with the best opportunities,” Fiorella writes . “I think of the thousands of kids in my country with tremendous potential but no fair access to quality basic services . I believe Fiorella Oremeño Incio, at left, speaks in Janu- ary 2016 before the Pacific Alliance Committee this will change — and influencing policy making is the best way to directly impact of the Peruvian Parliament. At right is Omar that in my society .” Chehade, former vice president of Peru. After Macalester, Fiorella earned a postgraduate degree in political governance and management, then worked to help Peruvian academics link their research to government policy changes . In 2011 she became director of research and development at Peru’s Ministry of Education, where she started a youth entrepreneurship training program . From 2012-14 she was senior operations analyst for the Inter-American Development Bank, where she helped develop public policy on labor, social protection, and gender issues . She also helped implement development projects on preventing violence against women and reforming the health sector, among others . Today, Fiorella is head of the Political Economic Team at the British Embassy in Lima, advising the British government on political and economic issues . Married with a son and a stepson, she is working to complete a master’s degree at San Marcos University . Her work was recognized last year with one of the highest honors given by the Parliament of Colombia, a Knight of the Order of Democracy Merit .

Helmer Lisboa Kimberly LLajaruna Peralta Sara Elisabeth Lowgren Constance Lupeska Angola Peru Sweden Malawi Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Skidmore College University of Rochester College of the Atlantic University of Oklahoma Natalia Lisiecka Karl Archibald Lobe Mouelle Sylvia Lu Mikhail Lysiuk Poland Cameroon China Belarus UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia University of Florida Methodist University Princeton University St. Olaf College Yufei Liu Javier Lopez Guevara Aatreyi Lunia Thabiso Mabote China El Salvador India Lesotho UWC Atlantic College UWC Dilijan UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Whitman College Bennington College Scripps College St. Olaf College Zijia Liu Max Low Jintian Luo Fiachra MacFadden China Malaysia China Ireland UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht UWC-USA Earlham College Brown University Mount Holyoke College Colorado College

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Anes Macic Brishti Mandal Bosnia-Herzegovina India “Since 2004, Lake Forest College has been the academic UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College University of Rochester Bucknell University home to 154 United World College students – and Sarah Mackenzie Lidia Mandava counting. Each UWC student has made unique and Canada Mozambique UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC important cultural, social, and scholarly contributions to University of North Carolina at Cornell University Chapel Hill our campus community. I look forward to continuing our Yana Marchenko Mohammed Mazin Mahdi Ukraine tradition of welcoming UWC students to Lake Forest.” Iraq UWC Dilijan UWC in Mostar Methodist University Methodist University STEPHEN SCHUTT, PRESIDENT Joyceline Marealle Lake Forest College Patricia Maingi Tanzania Kenya UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Rochester University of Oklahoma Sona Markosyan Rachel Makaure Armenia Ziad Massound Canto Thandwa Mdluli Zimbabwe UWC Dilijan Panama Swaziland Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Bennington College UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar University of Oklahoma Earlham College Middlebury College Cesar Miguel Joseph Makondo Marquez Rodriguez Francisca Matono Hannah Meggitt-Nxumalo Cameroon Venezuela Portugal United Kingdom Li Po Chun UWC UWC Robert Bosch College UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Wartburg College University of Oklahoma St. Olaf College Lewis & Clark College Mwarianesu Makufa Maria Marroquin Marquez Minori Matsuzawa Arjun Mehrotra Zimbabwe El Salvador Japan India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia Wheaton College University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Georgetown University Sunehra Malhotra Samson Masanga James Mayclin Sarah Mellin India Kenya USA USA UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA UWC-USA St. Lawrence University Luther College Stanford University Davidson College

Enock Malish Siphelele Mashwama Sanele Maziya Mamelang Memela South Sudan Swaziland Swaziland South Africa UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Robert Bosch College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Oklahoma University of Rochester University of Oklahoma Lewis & Clark College Siyabonga Mamba Langelihle Masilela Agim Mazreku Pratiksha Jayvant Mengade Swaziland Swaziland Kosovo India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College University of Oklahoma The College of Idaho College of the Atlantic Methodist University Thandolwethu Mamba Relebohile Masitha Anna Mbowa Maitreyi Menon Swaziland Lesotho Uganda India UWC Dilijan Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College University of Oklahoma Colorado College Duke University Agnes Scott College Class of 2020 Giaime Mameli Amina Maslo Erika McDonnell Busani Simanga Mhlanga Italy Bosnia-Herzegovina Canada Swaziland UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC College of the Atlantic University of Richmond Agnes Scott College Methodist University

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Margaret Mojekwu Inonge Mubita “The UWC Scholars continue to be an important part of Namibia Zambia UWC Maastricht UWC Maastricht the Agnes Scott College community, enriching the Methodist University Macalester College classroom and social and intellectual culture of our Luis David Molina Rueda Hasan Muhammad Bosnia-Herzegovina Iraq campus with their unique global and leadership UWC in Mostar UWC Robert Bosch College Bates College Wartburg College experiences. They truly bring the world to our doorstep!” Jose Monge Castro Merisa Mujkanovic India Bosnia-Herzegovina ELIZABETH KISS, PRESIDENT UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Agnes Scott College Colorado College University of Florida Tommaso Monoco Hasina Mulai Mehdi Abdala Italy Algeria Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Middlebury College Methodist University Sifikile Mhlanga Nkosilenhle Mngomezulu Swaziland Swaziland Salvador Dan Mulco Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Monteiro Do Avelar Silva Moldova Lake Forest College Luther College Portugal UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Colorado College Alfredo Midence Ordones Fezile Mnisi Lehigh University Honduras Swaziland Kelly Mullally UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Josue Morales Indonesia Methodist University Luther College Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC St. Lawrence University Mako Mihira Ancuta Mocanasu Earlham College Japan Romania Uakevlua Nice Munekamba UWC-USA UWC Robert Bosch College Naomi Morales Marroquin Namibia College of the Atlantic Wellesley College El Salvador UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht College of the Atlantic Katarina Milicevic Orwa Mohamad Lake Forest College Bosnia-Herzegovina Syria Roselie Munroe UWC in Mostar UWC Maastricht Vilma Sonia Morales Rivera Bahamas University of Oklahoma Brown University El Salvador UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Luther College Julie Min Ibrahim Muse Mohamed St. Olaf College South Korea Somalia Munya Munyati UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Diego Francisco Zimbabwe Duke University Connecticut College Moreno Ovalle Li Po Chun UWC Guatemala Middlebury College Camille Minns Haja Mohamed Nafe Ali UWC Costa Rica Bahamas Algeria Methodist University Rumbidzai Mureru UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Zimbabwe Gettysburg College Methodist University Ariel Mota Alves Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Timor-Leste University of Oklahoma Aaryaman Mishr Sanna Hamid Ali UWC Adriatic India Mohamednur St. Olaf College Matapron Musikathum UWC South East Asia Sudan Thailand Cornell University UWC Red Cross Nordic Mpho Mphahlele Li Po Chun UWC Methodist University South Africa Wartburg College Gugu Mkhulisi Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Swaziland Benyamin Mohammadzadeh Wartburg College Adnan Mustafic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Iran Bosnia-Herzegovina St. Olaf College UWC Dilijan Qingyang Mu UWC in Mostar Bennington College China University of Florida Kgotla Mmopi Pearson College UWC Botswana Colby College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lake Forest College

114 Uniting the World Fiona Mustain Chyahkyi Naw Minh Anh Nguyen Chukwubueze Hosea Ogeleka Cambodia Myanmar Vietnam Nigeria UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Middlebury College Wartburg College Luther College Macalester College Esther Mwale Fama Ndiaye Marian Nhanga Rebeka Oklopcic Malawi Senegal Zimbabwe Croatia Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Dilijan University of Oklahoma Savannah College of Art and University of Oklahoma University of Richmond Design Kenisha Mwangase Takudzwa Nhira Nejla Omic Zambia Samkeliso Ndlovu Zimbabwe Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Adriatic Swaziland Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Bucknell University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Colorado College St. John’s College University of Rochester Natasha Mwonga Fathimath Nihad Ioana Oprescu Kenya Jessica Ndrianasy Maldives Romania UWC-USA Madagascar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Macalester College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Oklahoma Ringling College of Art and Skidmore College Design Mehluko Myanga Mehrun Nisa Swaziland Anshuman Nemali Pakistan Mariana Orias Lopez Waterford Kamhlaba UWC India UWC Atlantic College Bolivia Trinity College UWC South East Asia University of Oklahoma UWC-USA Tufts University College of the Atlantic Tamas Nadasi Jacqueline Nkhonjera Hungary David Nesbitt Malawi Neema Osewe UWC Robert Bosch College USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC USA University of Rochester UWC Atlantic College Colorado College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Dartmouth College Sarah Lawrence College Nimra Nadeem Desiree Nkodia Pakistan Kimberley Ngack Mahop Congo Kylie Osguthorpe UWC Red Cross Nordic Cameroon UWC Red Cross Nordic USA Princeton University UWC Atlantic College University of Oklahoma Li Po Chun UWC Ringling College of Art and College of the Atlantic Alaleh Naderi Design Teboho Nteso Iran Lesotho Ahmad Osman UWC Atlantic College Natasha M’fungwe Ng’ambi UWC Mahindra College Egypt Colby College Zambia Luther College UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC Luther College Kochi Nakajima Indiana Nunez Sharer Methodist University Japan Costa Rica Moe Otani UWC Costa Rica Sai Oo Hseng Ngin UWC Costa Rica Japan Colorado College Myanmar College of the Atlantic UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Macalester College Faisal Namanya Kbandana Luther College Aune Nuyttens Uganda Finland Kenneth Oyibo UWC Robert Bosch College Catherine Nguyen UWC Costa Rica Nigeria Skidmore College USA St. Lawrence University UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College University of Florida Marcos Brown University Kebokile Nyathi Nascimento Dos Santos Zimbabwe Beren Rana Oz Brazil Ha Nguyen Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Turkey UWC Dilijan Vietnam University of Oklahoma UWC Maastricht

University of Rochester Pearson College UWC Colby College Class of 2020 University of Florida Amina Odzackic Nitin Natrajan Bosnia-Herzegovina Searidang Pa Singapore Hai Nguyen UWC in Mostar Cambodia UWC South East Asia Vietnam Bennington College UWC Mahindra College Skidmore College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Middlebury College University of Pennsylvania

Davis United World College Scholars Program 115 UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Building on a Global Student Exchange

In her first year at Yale,Yijiao He ’18 (China, UWC Atlantic) took on too much and almost burned out . By year’s end, she writes, “I had stopped half of my extracurricular activities, and started to question what I was doing at Yale .” But after studying Spanish in Ecuador that summer, Yijiao came back energized . How, she wondered, could she bring the heart of her UWC experience — “working together and learning about so many things, believing in something bigger than ourselves” — to her time at the university? Yijiao found her answer in AIESEC . A global nonprofit run by students and recent graduates, AIESEC (the acronym stands for an original French name that is no longer used) has chapters in 126 nations that work to send students abroad on volunteering and internship opportunities . Through Yale’s chapter, Yijiao created a new AIESEC division, the Incoming Yijiao He Global Volunteers Program . Last year the Yale chapter became AIESEC’s first to bring in two international volunteers, one from the Netherlands and the other from Mexico, who both worked with the nonprofit Women of Power Network in New Haven . For that, the committee won an AIESEC award, Best Local Committee in Incoming Exchange . “Now there are 10 other AIESEC chapters that have started to run this program after our model,” Yijiao reports . As a junior this year, Yijiao has been an officer of the AIESEC chapter . What’s rewarding about the work, she says, “is that I get to interact with a lot of other students who genuinely want to learn about the world, to go abroad or come here to volunteer in the local community . You also get to talk to nonprofits and to students in other countries about how they do their exchange process . It’s a very inspiring experience .”

Paula Pacheco Soto Saagar R SR Panjabi Jeremy Parchment Soham Patki Chile Cameroon Jamaica India UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Brown University University of California Berkeley University of Florida Earlham College Nihal Pai Or Pansky Hakob Parsamyan Sirampoom Peanusaha Singapore United Kingdom Armenia Thailand UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica Tufts University St. Olaf College Lake Forest College University of Florida Lobsang Palmo Nikhil Pant Chrysoula Pastra Rhiana Peck Tibet India Greece USA UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Earlham College Brown University University of Florida Earlham College Yazhi Pang Ilari Papa Pooja Patel Leo Penny China Albania India USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Wartburg College Georgetown University University of Chicago Brown University

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Wilma Matleena Peraoja Jada Wing Hing Poon Finland Hong Kong “I share the United World College philosophy – a more UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC St. John’s College Ringling College of Art and peaceful world will result when people of different Design Ana Gabriela Pereda cultures come to know and understand each other. This Venezuela Mia Powell UWC-USA USA is the type of community we foster at OU, and our University of California Berkeley UWC-USA University of North Carolina at community is greatly enriched by our Davis UWC Diana Pereyra Vidaurre Chapel Hill Bolivia Li Po Chun UWC Shyam Pradheep Scholars. They are leaving a legacy at Oklahoma.” Ringling College of Art and India Design UWC Mahindra College DAVID L. BOREN, PRESIDENT Duke University University of Oklahoma Alberto Perez Arroyo Spain Iana Prakheeva UWC Red Cross Nordic Russia Methodist University UWC Costa Rica Ringling College of Art and Susana Perez Melgar Design Remsha Rafiq Divyeshwar Ramesh Honduras Pakistan India UWC Atlantic College Khetsiwe Pratt UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Wartburg College Swaziland University of Rochester Savannah College of Art and Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Design Anthony Ramon Perez Soto Occidental College Tanish Raghavan Costa Rica India Nikola Ranitovic UWC Robert Bosch College Karla Proano UWC South East Asia Serbia Luther College Ecuador Dartmouth College UWC Dilijan UWC Atlantic College Colby College Thidphachack Phannolath Westminster College Aniba Rahman Laos USA Hanitra Ny Ony Francia Li Po Chun UWC Kathryn Pundyk UWC Maastricht Razafindrabe Methodist University Canada Skidmore College Madagascar Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Jonas Pinzon Osorio Wellesley College Khaleel Rajwani Macalester College Colombia Canada UWC Adriatic Gisaldjo Purbollari UWC Atlantic College Iju Regmi College of the Atlantic Albania Yale University Nepal UWC in Mostar UWC Maastricht Jelena Pistinjat Brandeis University Moemedi Rakhudu Luther College Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana UWC in Mostar Anagheem Qassem Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Jasmyn Renfroe University of Florida Palestine St. Lawrence University Bermuda UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica Luca Pixner Brown University Cedric Rakotoarimanana St. Olaf College Austria Madagascar UWC Maastricht Sara Qefalia UWC Red Cross Nordic Lamija Repesa Randolph-Macon College Albania Skidmore College Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Alexander Pliskin University of Rochester Legoadi Ramabele University of Florida USA South Africa UWC-USA Petar Radojevic UWC Dilijan Marta Ribeiro

Columbia University Serbia Luther College Portugal Class of 2020 UWC Robert Bosch College UWC in Mostar Zia Pollis University of Oklahoma Divya Ramesh University of Florida USA India UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Melisande Riefler Reed College Northwestern University Germany UWC Robert Bosch College Columbia University

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Guljahon Ruzadorova Daylan Salmeron Gomez “At Whitman College, we are strongly committed to Tajikistan Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica making the campus inclusive, equitable, and diverse in Wartburg College St. Lawrence University all its forms, and are currently developing a plan of Madeleine Ryan Victoria Salomon Canada Venezuela action to help achieve that goal. Our Davis UWC Scholars UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Bennington College University of Florida are a key part of that plan, as they bring to our campus a Ibrahim Sabea Nasiha Salwati range of cultures, perspectives, and experiences that Iraq USA UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College help foster intercultural awareness Methodist University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rayan and appreciation and enrich our community in Sadeldin Bashir Mohamed Heinrich Salzmann Sudan Germany countless ways.” UWC Dilijan UWC Robert Bosch College St. Olaf College St. Lawrence University KATHLEEN M. MURRAY, PRESIDENT Fathimath Ainnie Hassan Tetyana Samiliv Whitman College Saeed Ukraine Maldives UWC in Mostar UWC Dilijan St. Olaf College Agnes Scott College Danielle Ann San Jose Marwan Safar Jalani Philippines Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Maastricht Diosnel Rotela Balbuena Urja Risal UWC Adriatic Methodist University Paraguay Nepal Yale University UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Mateo Sanchez Colorado College University of Oklahoma Aditi Saha Spain Malaysia UWC Maastricht Ketkanya Ruengpong Daana Roach UWC South East Asia University of Florida Thailand Barbados Wellesley College Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Hannah Sanchez Miller University of Oklahoma Methodist University Deidra Said Panama Indonesia UWC-USA Luis Jorge Ruiz Chico Alyssa Rohan UWC-USA Bard College Mexico Costa Rica Earlham College UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC Junior Sanchez Prado Bates College Colby College Hassan Saleem Peru Maldives UWC Atlantic College Norma Lilia Ruiz Cruz Roberth Rojas Chavez Li Po Chun UWC Earlham College Mexico Peru Cornell University UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Isak Sander Christensen Colorado College University of Oklahoma Lorena Salguero Molina Denmark El Salvador UWC Red Cross Nordic Matteo Russo Andrea Rojas Escot UWC Red Cross Nordic Davidson College Italy Guatemala University of Oklahoma UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic Alicia Sandoval Vadillo The College of Idaho Princeton University Jerome Salida USA Lebanon UWC Adriatic Zala Rutar Morganne Rose UWC-USA Skidmore College Slovenia USA St. Lawrence University UWC Atlantic College UWC Maastricht Douglas Santos Columbia University Lake Forest College Rinad Salkham Guatemala Jordan UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College University of Florida Brown University

118 Uniting the World GRADUATES IN ACTION Building Waste Solutions in India Gauri Mirashi (India, Mahindra UWC, Whitman ’11) runs Civic Response Team, a start-up consulting firm in Aurangabad, her hometown in India, that works with government bodies to improve municipal systems for solid-waste management . “We function as a think tank and consultancy, working with local governing bodies to design and implement effective waste-management solutions,” writes Gauri, who earned a master’s degree in urban policy and governance from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences . (Married last year, she is now Gauri Mirashi Shirshath .) “We focus on building the capacities of the sanitation departments of these government bodies, and work with them on exercises such as route planning and optimization, decentralized treatment, and ensuring source Gauri Mirashi segregation from households and commercial establishments .” Civic Response Team contracts with Mahindra UWC to design and execute content for three summer programs at Mahindra: Youth Environment and Sustainability (YES), Theatre Gender Identify, and Film and Encounter India . The firm used its 2015 profits from the YES program to sponsor a scholarship for a student who has been committed to environmental issues on campus . Between graduate school and her current position, Gauri adds, “I spent a year working at the Riverside School in Ahmedabad on a program called Design for Change, which was a great experience for me and set me up nicely, in terms of the skills I picked up, for what I am doing now .”

Valerie Saputra Ruixi Seet Eireamhan Semple Thembela Siyabonga India Malaysia Ireland Shabangu UWC South East Asia UWC Robert Bosch College UWC Maastricht Swaziland New York University Brown University St. John’s College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Methodist University Nataly Ahmad Sarahneh Justin Seguret Phonphachanh Palestine USA Sengmanikham Manan Shah UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Laos USA Methodist University University of North Carolina at UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Chapel Hill Methodist University Northwestern University Shayna Sarin India Lea Latoja Seitter Sibora Seranaj Vaidehi Shah UWC South East Asia Germany Albania India Brown University UWC Robert Bosch College UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia College of the Atlantic Duke University University of Virginia Arjun Sawhney India Roman Sekej Qomaruliati Setiawati Nadya Shahdadpuri UWC South East Asia Slovakia Indonesia United Kingdom Stanford University UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Northwestern University College of the Atlantic Barnard College Celine Schreiber Germany Mohammed-Reda Semlani Shahid Shabab Sultan Shahjalal WC Robert Bosch College Morocco Bangladesh Swaziland Class of 2020 St. Lawrence University UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Brown University Wesleyan University St. Olaf College Adji Astou Seck Senegal UWC-USA Colby College

Davis United World College Scholars Program 119 Prikshet Sharma Ferna Simbulan Jee Eun Song Nina Strand India Philippines South Korea Norway UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Rochester University of Florida Ringling College of Art and Carleton College Design Ramil Shaymardanov Mikayel Simonyan Rebecca Su Russia Armenia Phonepaseuth Sourinsack Malaysia UWC Dilijan UWC Dilijan Laos UWC Dilijan Duke University Luther College UWC Adriatic University of Michigan Methodist University Arunima Shiney-Ajay Avijit Singh Shashank Sule USA Singapore Kevin India UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia Sousa Pereira Dos Santos UWC Mahindra College Swarthmore College New York University Luxembourg Amherst College UWC-USA Tomomi Shiotani Pulkit Singh Pitzer College Mahaday Sulong Japan India Thailand UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Pisey Soy Li Po Chun UWC Methodist University Princeton University Cambodia The College of Idaho UWC Red Cross Nordic Sofiya Shmyhlyk Manju Kumari Sintan Methodist University Nikhita Sundaram Ukraine Nepal India Pearson College UWC UWC Costa Rica Zeynep Irem Soysal UWC South East Asia University of Rochester Methodist University Turkey Cornell University UWC Dilijan Temantimandze Shongwe Tarini Sipahimalani Columbia University Noppasit Su-Ngan Swaziland Singapore Thailand Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Siddhima Srivastava UWC South East Asia Wellesley College Pomona College Netherlands University of California Berkeley UWC Robert Bosch College Kripa Shrestha Gayatri Sitaraman Gettysburg College Selena Susa Nepal USA Bosnia-Herzegovina UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Ieva Stakvileviciute UWC in Mostar Dartmouth College Cornell University Lithuania University of Florida UWC Red Cross Nordic Arnav Sibal Armina Sito Northwestern University Anna Margret Sverrisdottir India Bosnia-Herzegovina Iceland UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Bozhidar Stankovikj UWC Red Cross Nordic Sarah Lawrence College University of Florida Macedonia University of Oklahoma UWC Robert Bosch College Ndaloyenkhosi Sibandze Isabel Skye Antonia Fioretti Swantono Princeton University Swaziland USA Indonesia Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Vida Steiro UWC-USA Luther College Brown University Norway Smith College UWC South East Asia Washington Silva Garces Chantal Tonnessen Smeland Brown University Cadisha Swartz Ecuador Norway Namibia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Shohini Stout Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Florida College of the Atlantic USA Methodist University UWC Atlantic College Frances Silva Roig Ross Smith Massachusetts Institute of Serigne Soyibo Sylla Peru USA Technology Senegal UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Stanford University Colorado College Yoana Stoyanova Middlebury College Bulgaria Lina Ruimin Sim Simran (Sim) Sohal Pearson College UWC Chowdhury Tahabee USA India Lewis & Clark College Bangladesh UWC Dilijan UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Brown University Williams College Earlham College

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Ryo Tamaki Tenzin Thinley Singapore India “On behalf of the Scripps College community, I thank the Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Yale University Methodist University Davis United World College Scholars Program for Stella Tangiyan Sonali Thombare enriching our campus with the best and brightest Armenia India UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College students from across the globe. Programs like this not Trinity College The College of Idaho only enable Scripps to better fulfill one of our top Oleksandr Tarasenko Vrushali Thombare Ukraine India institutional priorities of becoming a more diverse and UWC Dilijan UWC Dilijan The College of Idaho Methodist University inclusive environment, but also to develop a learning Haruko Tateyama Nicha Thongtanakul Japan Thailand environment that serves our entire community well. Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Connecticut College University of Pennsylvania We are deeply grateful for the program’s continued Arystan Tatishev Eli Olivia Tienin support of our students.” India Burkina Faso UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College LARISSA Z. TIEDENS, PRESIDENT New York University Earlham College Scripps College Anton Tekhneriadov Joyce To Russia Hong Kong UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Brown University Earlham College Aysegul Ceren Temizyurek Kaz Tomozawa Fikiswa Tsabedze Michelle Tunger Turkey USA Swaziland Germany UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Wellesley College Columbia University St. Lawrence University Pomona College Jia Chern Teoh Endashaw Tonja Lindokuhle Tsabedze Bassie Turay Malaysia Ethiopia Swaziland Sierra Leone UWC-USA UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Swarthmore College Methodist University The College of Idaho University of Rochester Zhanna Ter-Zakarya Summia Tora Mthabisi Tshuma Eliza-Teodora Tuta Armenia Afghanistan Zimbabwe Romania Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA School of the Art Institute of Earlham College The College of Idaho Middlebury College Chicago Bi Youan Eric Tra Duan Tu Haruka Ueda Betel Tesfamariam Cote D’Ivoire China Japan Denmark UWC Maastricht UWC-USA UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Methodist University University of Florida Wellesley College Pomona College Eva Trotta Aliaksandra Tucha Mougheis Umar Samuel Tesfamariam Haile Italy Belarus Pakistan Eritrea UWC Dilijan UWC Adriatic UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic College of the Atlantic Yale University St. Lawrence University

Skidmore College Class of 2020 Sun Hay Try Carson Tucker Tisella Umar Suma Thati Cambodia USA Indonesia India UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Northwestern University Massachusetts Institute of Skidmore College University of California Berkeley Technology

Davis United World College Scholars Program 121 Wisdom Uwaifo Silungile Vilakati Wenyun Wang Long Sang (Isaac) Wong Nigeria Swaziland China Hong Kong UWC Robert Bosch College UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC Methodist University St. Olaf College Mount Holyoke College Duke University Abhiti Vaish Ioan - Vladimir Vintu Zefang Wang Yiu Wong USA Russia China Hong Kong UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Massachusetts Institute of Colorado College The College of Idaho Smith College Technology Joshua Voigt Ellen Warner Xuhan Wu Valeriia Vakhitova South Africa Trinidad & Tobago China Russia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Wartburg College Davidson College Northwestern University Middlebury College Valentine Voisin Jason Wee Muxuan Yan Thule Sophie van den Dam France Malaysia China Canada UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Bennington College Princeton University University of Virginia College of the Atlantic Atul Vyas Xingzhi Wei Xueying Yan Samantha van der Steen India China China Netherlands UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA University of Richmond Cornell University Stanford University St. Olaf College Hnin Wai Federico Wettstein Ceretti Qizhen Yang Max van Woensel Myanmar Argentina China Netherlands UWC Robert Bosch College UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA UWC Maastricht University of Rochester Middlebury College Colorado College Kenyon College Jessica Hoi Lum Wai Stephen Weyns Ziyi Yang Miranda Van-Boswell Canada Belgium China Canada UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC Robert Bosch College Li Po Chun UWC University of California Berkeley Stanford University Wartburg College Brown University Madhur Wale Lyndon Whittaker Tenzin Yangzom Prerna Vatsa India USA India India UWC Dilijan Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Wellesley College Stanford University Methodist University University of Rochester Erina Elinor H.M. Walker Grace Windheim Ahmad Yassir Raphael Veron United Kingdom USA Lebanon Singapore UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC Georgetown University Johns Hopkins University Bennington College Yale University Yvonne Wamala Marko Winedt Jeong Phil Yoon Petar Josip Vidovic Swaziland Curacao South Korea Bosnia-Herzegovina Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Wartburg College Brown University New York University Brown University Chloe Wan Ka Ue Wong King Chun Yu Marine Vieille Australia Hong Kong Hong Kong France UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Robert Bosch College Colby College Westminster College University of California Berkeley The College of Idaho Weixiang Wang Lok Yee Jacqueline Wong Tianmu Yu Maite Vignau Hong Kong Hong Kong China Chile Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC-USA University of California Berkeley Cornell University Cornell University University of Florida

122 Uniting the World Tsai Yung-Te Yufan Zhang Taiwan Singapore Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia University of Oklahoma New York University Warsan Yusuf Zhengping Zhang Somalia China UWC Robert Bosch College UWC Maastricht Luther College St. John’s College Amatullah Zaid Hening Zheng Yemen China UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA Luther College Smith College Daniela Zamora Alcaraz Sige Zheng Mexico China UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Lewis & Clark College Wesleyan University Obaida Zeino Ruilong Zhuang Syria China UWC Dilijan UWC Costa Rica Methodist University Whitman College Narin Zekovski Mikita Zhylinski Kosovo Belarus UWC in Mostar UWC Dilijan Hood College Lake Forest College Rina Arella Zell Khin Myint Myat Zin USA Myanmar UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College New York University Georgetown University Yousra Zerouali Boukhal Animam Zingisi Morocco South Sudan UWC Robert Bosch College Li Po Chun UWC Princeton University Methodist University Jinhao Zhang China UWC Red Cross Nordic Middlebury College Melody Zhang China UWC Atlantic College Middlebury College Shawn Zhang Swaziland Waterford Kamhlaba UWC The College of Idaho

Tiantian Zhang Class of 2020 Hong Kong Li Po Chun UWC University of Michigan

Davis United World College Scholars Program 123 Acknowledgements and Credits For their assistance with our program and this publication, thanks go Applying to Become a to the following people:

Partner School Agnes Scott College: Ms. Elizabeth Wilson; Amherst College: Ms. Lauren Clarke; Bard College: Ms. Katharine Hardy; he Davis UWC Scholars Program reviews Barnard College: Ms. Kelly Nguyen; Bates College: Ms. Rachel D. Wray; Bennington College: Mr. Hung Bui; Trequests on an annual basis from colleges Boston Conservatory: Ms. Eileen M. Meny; Bowdoin College: Ms. Ryan Ricciardi; Brandeis University: Ms. Jodi Hanelt; and universities interested in becoming partner Brown University: Ms. Lisa Donham; Bryn Mawr College: Ms. Jennifer Russell; Bucknell University: Ms. Jennifer E. Figueroa; schools . To be considered, a letter of request Carleton College: Mr. Mark J. Gleason; Claremont McKenna College: Mr. Neel Garlapati; Clark University: Ms. Nicole Croteau; from the institution’s president should be Colby College: Ms. Seven Grenier; Colgate University: Ms. Helen Kebabian; College of the Atlantic: Ms. Monica Hamm; submitted, explaining in detail why their school Colorado College: Ms. Ina Remus; Columbia University: Ms. Chanda E. Bennett; Connecticut College: Ms. Naima Gherbi; Cornell University: Mr. Jason Locke; Dartmouth College: Ms. Emma McLeavey-Weeder; Davidson College: Ms. Kay-Lani Laughna; would be a good candidate for the program . An Denison University: Ms. Meg Galipault; Duke University: Ms. Anne Sjostrom; Earlham College: Ms. Susan Hillmann de Castaneda; important prerequisite for a candidate school Franklin & Marshall College: Ms. Jackie Haring; Georgetown University: Ms. Kate Timlin; Gettysburg College: Ms. Patricia Lawson; is to have a proven track record of successful Grinnell College: Mr. Jonathan Edwards; Harvard College: Ms. Janet Irons; Hood College: Dr. Debbie Ricker; recruiting of graduates from United World Johns Hopkins University: Ms. Amy Brokl; Kalamazoo College: Mr. Roderick Malcolm; Kenyon College: Ms. Kris Caldwell; College schools at the time of application . Lake Forest College: Ms. Kristin Sundberg; Lehigh University: Ms. Stacy Burger; Lewis & Clark College: Mr. Brian White; It’s essential that applicant schools are in Luther College: Mr. Jon Lund; Macalester College: Ms. Michelle Epp; Methodist University: Ms. Lyle Sheppard; alignment with the Davis UWC Scholars Middlebury College: Mr. Michael D. Schoenfeld; MIT: Ms. Sarah Godwin; Mount Holyoke College: Ms. Dyan Wiley; Program’s key goal of the internationalization of New York University: Ms. Celeste Suris; Northwestern University: Mr. Aaron Zdawczyk; the U .S . undergraduate experience by building Notre Dame of Maryland University: Ms. Sharon H. Bogdan; Oberlin College: Ms. Leslie Braat; Occidental College: Mr. Charlie Leizear; clusters of globally aware UWC graduates on Pitzer College: Mr. Jim Stricks; Pomona College: Mr. Seth Allen; Princeton University: Mr. Sean Brennan; their campuses . Letters may be submitted at Randolph-Macon College: Mr. Anthony Ambrogi; Reed College: Ms. Diane Gumz; Ringling College of Art & Design: Mr. James H. Dean; any time during the academic year, but no Sarah Lawrence College: Mr. Frederick Baumgarten; Savannah College of Art & Design: Mr. Omar Elnahas; School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Ms. Ingrid Parker; Scripps College: Ms. Juliette Cagigas; Skidmore College: Mr. Darren Drabek; later than May 31, as decisions will be finalized Smith College: Ms. Patti Thornton; St. John’s College: Ms. Amanda Stevens; St. Lawrence University: Ms. Carol Smith; by August each year . St. Olaf College: Mr. Michael Kyle; Stanford University: Ms. Kiyoe Hashimoto; Swarthmore College: Ms. Jennifer Marks-Gold; The Davis UWC Scholars Program makes The College of Idaho: Dr. Lorna Hunter; Trinity College: Ms. Ellen Hart; Tufts University: Mr. Greg Wong; Union College: Ms. Susan Hanks; grants to institutions only — not to individual University of CA Berkeley: Ms. Amy Jarich; University of Chicago: Ms. Mary Hetlage; University of Florida: Mr. Bill Kolb; students . Grants are awarded based on financial University of Michigan: Ms. Maria Stieve; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Dr. Dan F. Thornton; need to eligible United World College graduates University of Oklahoma: Mr. Craig Hayes; University of Pennsylvania: Ms. Holly Wexler; University of Richmond: Ms. Tamara Lapman; enrolled at one of the partner schools . University of Rochester: Mr. Jonathan Burdick; University of Virginia: Ms. Senem Kudat Ward; Vassar College: Ms. Judith Dollenmayer; For assistance and/or to learn more, Wartburg College: Ms. Edith J. Waldstein, Ph.D.; Washington and Lee University: Mr. Mark Rush; Wellesley College: Ms. Karen Pabon; please contact: Wesleyan University: Ms. Elizabeth J. McCormick; Westminster College: Mr. Robert Andrews; Wheaton College: Ms. Wendy Faxon; Lisa Viau Whitman College: Ms. Rachna S. Sinnott; Williams College: Ms. Mary Ellen Czerniak; Yale University: Ms. Alison Cole Executive Assistant to the Executive Director Davis UWC Scholars Program Design: Tina Christensen, Scuola Group, Jericho, Vermont Middlebury College Writing: Doug Wilhelm, Weybridge, Vermont Middlebury, VT 05753 Davis UWC Scholars Program: Dr. Philip O. Geier, Co-Founder and Executive Director, and Tel: (802) 443 .3200 Jane Schoenfeld, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director (retired) Fax: (802) 443 .3230 Lisa Viau, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director E-mail: info@davisUWCscholars org. Thanks also to Amy Yeager Geier for all of her expert help and advice.

124 Uniting the World How Other Philanthropists Can Invest hilanthropists who want to help bring the world to U.S. campuses — especially Ptheir own alma maters — are invited to become a part of the Davis UWC Scholars Program. Philanthropist Shelby Davis created the program 15 years ago, and since then it has grown to become the world’s largest international scholarship program for undergraduate study. Ninety-four American colleges and universities have been selected to partner with this major philanthropic investment to transform American campuses by Transition at Davis UWC providing scholarships to students from more than 152 countries to attend these schools for their undergraduate degrees. Scholars Headquarters The scholarships are awarded to students who are proven winners. As 15- or 16-year-olds, they won national competitions in their home countries that Pictured here (left to right) are Jane allowed them to complete their last two years of high school at one of the premier Schoenfeld, Phil Geier, and Lisa Viau at United World College schools. They have demonstrated their leadership, they are Jane’s retirement dinner. Jane served as informed and engaged in world issues, and they have been admitted to some of Phil’s assistant and key contact with all the finest institutions of higher learning in the U.S. Everyone at these campuses partner schools and UWCs since the — students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community — benefits from this program established its headquarters at exposure and the global networking that will inevitably link our country’s future Middlebury in 2005 and retired in early leaders with those of many other nationalities. 2017. Lisa has now assumed those The Davis United World College Scholars Program is a genuine partnership duties and is excited to be moving the — Davis philanthropy provides $10,000 or $20,000 per scholar per year of need- program forward and working with all our based aid for up to four years to each of the partner schools. Schools with 40 or devoted campus liaisons and UWC more scholars enrolled on a continuing basis receive the larger award because colleagues around the world. they have demonstrated their complete strategic commitment by hosting such a large cohort. The partner schools are left to fund the remaining financial aid for each scholar. Depending on the student’s demonstrated need and on each partner school’s full fees, the remaining scholarship packages can be quite substantial. Other philanthropists have already chosen to participate. They have invested in a proven and exciting global program by cofunding a portion of these scholars at their alma maters or at other partner schools of particular interest to them. This opportunity exists for you as well. Share a naming opportunity for a scholar and his/her four-year undergraduate degree with a commitment of $10,000 or $20,000 a year. Your philanthropy, in concert with Davis philanthropy and your favorite school, will help create a three-way partnership for a better world. For more information, please visit www.davisUWCscholars.org. Davis United World College Scholars PROGRAM Middlebury College • Middlebury, VT 05753 Tel: (802) 443-3200 • Fax: (802) 443-3230

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